Robert R. Kilburn

Robert R. Kilburn

Mr. Robert Russell Kilburn, 89, of Florence, passed from this life Monday, April 14, 2014. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. today at St. Michael's Catholic Church with recitation of the Rosary at 11 a.m. The Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. by Father Edward Markley, O.S.B. Burial will follow in St Michael's Cemetery.

Mr. Kilburn was born in Lauderdale County to the late Robert Oliver and Caroline Rasch Kilburn. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Merchant Marines. Mr. Kilburn attended Florence State Teachers College and then began his life-long career as a farmer.

Preceding him in death were his wife, Mary Elizabeth Kilburn, and his siblings, Julius Rasch Kilburn and Margaret Kilburn Hayden.

Surviving are his children, Susan Thompson (Ralph), Florence, Robert Russell Kilburn Jr., Florence, Joseph Kilburn (Jill), Fernandina Beach, Fla., Katherine Rassizi (Ted), Tampa, Fla., Lisa Newman (Mark), Florence, Mildred Phillips (Dennis), Florence, and James Kilburn (Suzanne), Florence; grandchildren, Brandon Handley, Savannah Thompson, Lauren, Josie and Zoe Kilburn, Alex and Tony Rassizi, John and Matthew Cornelius, Kayla Passarella, Kimberly Russell, and Evan Kilburn; six great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The children would like to extend a special thanks to the administration and staff of Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home for the love, special care, and attention given to their father for the year-and-a-half that he was a resident there.

An online guest book may be viewed and signed at greenviewmemorial.com.

Arrangements by Greenview Funeral Home.