Robert P. Skane

WALTHAM - Mr. Robert P. Skane, of Waltham, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, in the Newton Healthcare Center. He was 89.

Born in Quincy, Mr. Skane had lived in Reading and graduated from Reading High School. He moved to Waltham in the 1940s. Mr. Skane was employed as a repair technician for New England Telephone Co. in Arlington for 38 years until his retirement. Prior to that, he had worked for the Raytheon Corp. in Waltham.

Mr. Skane enjoyed all sports, especially the Boston Red Sox. He coached Little League and Babe Ruth teams, the St. Jude Basketball and Baseball teams, and the Boys Club Basketball team, all of Waltham. He was a member of the Waltham Knights of Columbus.

He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Doris (Dunn) Skane; his children, R. Michael Skane and his wife, Helen, of West Chester, Pa., Jacquelyn C. Gately and her husband, Charles, of Dennis, Mary E. Mahoney of Waltham, and Edward Skane and his wife, Bonnie, of Mashpee; eight grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Skane was the son of the late Richard and Alma (Poehler) Skane, the father-in-law of the late Robert Mahoney, and the brother of the late Richard Skane, Alma Smith, Edward Skane, William Skane, Henry Skane, Albert Skane, Helen Lorman, Olga Henderson, and Olive Hopkinson.

The Funeral will be held on Saturday, at 8 a.m., from The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main St., (Route 20), Waltham, followed by a funeral Mass in St. Mary's Church, 133 School St., Waltham, at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Waltham. Visiting hours will be held on Friday. from 4 to 8 p.m.

Memorials may be made to the Spina Bifida Association, 733 Turnpike Street #282, North Andover, MA 01845-6157, or to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 101A First Avenue, Suite 6, Waltham, MA 02451-1115.