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Your loving sister, Karen
October 3, 2024
Life is not the same without you dear brother; you are always in my thoughts and prayers every single day. I remember every vignette we shared as a family and as a sibling. Remember, you were loved by all of us. You are never far from us, Bobby. So many conversations take place in my family that strike the cord of the man you were and what you meant to my family.
Tim Butler
September 10, 2024
Remembering Bob McKeon
On a crisp September morning in 1978 I went to Registration. Alone because I didn´t know anyone, there were masses of people and a very long line. This will take a while, I thought to myself. Within a minute or two, the line started moving. Pleasantly surprised, in another minute the line continued to move, amazing. Within a few short months, I´d understand better and be able to say, they understand process steps and flow, capacity and capacity balancing, how to staff and how to avoid bottlenecks. These people know how to manage a service operation.
A few days later after the first day of classes had started and study groups were formed, a guy named Bob McKeon came over to my house at 1001 Memorial Drive in the late afternoon. We were to prep cases together with a few other study group team members. Bob had arrived first and we talked in my front garden. Bob was good looking, straight forward and clear eyed. We talked easily, we laughed easily. A few minutes on growing up, family, fathers. There was a glint in Bob´s eyes, a smile, a connection had been made. Small talk was over quickly with Bob. We went inside, our other teammates arrived, and we got down to work.
The next day at school, before our first class started, we caught one another´s eyes, and sat together in the sky deck. I can tell you that we didn´t think we were being chickens by sitting in the top row at the back of the amphitheater, nor were we hiding from being called on, in fact it was just the opposite. We
chose the sky deck because we wanted to see the whole room, all the people, and get the big picture perspective on the whole situation including the profs. Unspoken between us was the thing we felt proudest of and were happiest about, we were there.
Within a week or two, I met Bob´s wife, Patty. Stability, grounded, I thought. She was lovely. Patterns get established quickly. Bob and I sat in the sky deck together for all classes during the first year. We talked, we laughed, we did our work. We were first friends, fast friends. We´d check in with each other on all the topics of life and living. Short, clipped sentences and phrases. We were dead honest with one another.
That pattern of limited small talk, but being dead honest, vital, real, and open with one another continued. Bob and I wound up renting a brownstone together on East 71st between Lexington and Park together for the summer of 1979. After graduation, Bob was in New York and I was in California. We´d see one another whenever we were both in town together. Bigger smiles when we
saw one another, and more laughs, yet at the same time, we´d run the list of all important topics with one another. We´d check in, we´d compare notes, we´d take one another´s temperatures. We´d share the essence of what was going on in our lives. He loved his children, his family, his work.
To say Bob was bright, serious, determined, successful, consistent, loyal, a good man, and a good friend are all true statements, understatements. I last revisited the HBS campus on a bright clear morning in July 2015. I thought of that Registration morning in September 1978. The main buildings, the air, the light, the beauty of the place are all unchanged. The difference between now and then are the 46 years that have passed. Bob and I were 23 when we first got together in my front garden. I miss him. Tim Butler, HBS 1980, Section B.
Kevin Russo
September 9, 2024
Cindy McKeon
September 9, 2024
Bob,
The girls and I always talk about the great fun times we had in the Hamptons! You were a very gracious brother in law and uncle to us! I hope that you and John are reminiscing about those great moments! We miss you and know that you and your family are always in our thoughts and prayers!
Love,
Cindy and the girls
Cindy McKeon
September 9, 2023
Bob,
Although several years have passed, you will always remain in the girls and my heart and in our prayers!
Cindy
Karen, your adoring sister
September 9, 2023
The memories of my dear brother remain close to my heart always! Bobby was a loving, loyal, kind and gentle person to his family, whom he loved explicitly; that was non-negotiable. I miss you every single day.
Kevin Russo
September 9, 2022
Though the years pass by so quickly.... the memory of Bob McKeon remains .... a friend and one of my idols from Albertus Magnus High School.
Karen and Family
August 10, 2022
Your spirit is with us always, dearest brother! There is not a day that goes by that you are not on our minds...Love your adoring sister
Cindy McKeon and Girls
August 9, 2022
Bobby,
Know that you are missed by the girls and I. We know that you are in heaven with John and your parents. You were a special person in our lives. Miss and love you!
donald mckeon
August 7, 2022
Happy Birthday Brother- Pasta and meatballs- my dearest friend- a day doesn't go by where you are in my thoughts- hugs and kisses ( which you were not fond of) : )
Sharon
September 10, 2021
A day I prefer not to recall.. but hard to forget.. Thoughts and prayers to Bob's family and for my friend's soul..
Karen
September 9, 2021
You are with me always...love you, dear brother!
Cindy McKeon
September 9, 2021
Bobby,
The girls and I are want you and your family to know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. You are missed and loved!
Cindy
September 10, 2020
Bobby,
Know that you will always remain in a special part of our heart!
Love,
Cindy and the Girls
Kevin Russo
September 9, 2020
Although so many years past since I saw Bob, he was very kind to me and treated me very well as a younger member of our (excellent) track team at Albertus Magnus Hight School. Bob was a star athlete, scholar and a true gentlemen. I think of him often.
Karen
September 9, 2020
September 10, 2020
“Those special memories of you will always bring a smile...until we meet again!”
Love always,
Family
Karen
September 9, 2020
September 10, 2020
Bobby was the most unpretentious, giving, caring and loving brother a girl could ever have - there is not a day that goes by that I don’t think and pray for my beautiful brother! Words cannot express how much you are missed...
I loved you yesterday.
I love you today and will love you always...!
Your adoring sister
Jackie McKeon
November 5, 2019
Thank you to my Dad's friends, family, and colleagues who have shared and continue to share their kind thoughts and tributes. I think about my Dad every day, and it's enormously meaningful and touching to know that others are still thinking about him, as well. Special thanks to my Dad's friend, Tim Butler, for making this Guest Book permanent.
Karen McKeon
September 10, 2019
I love you now, forever and always, big brother!
Sharon Brown
September 10, 2019
Our favorite saying: "what's it all about Alfie?" -- we never did figure it out... XoXO
Carl Wideberg
September 10, 2019
I was thinking about Bobby the other day as well as my time at St. Gregory Barbarigo Elementary in Garnerville, NY. One memory was of our school principal, Sister Catherine Florence, rushing into our 5th grade homeroom. She was very excited and told me and Bobby to stand up. I immediately thought We were in trouble ( I was mentally going through my offenses) but looked at Bobby surprised as he never got in trouble. Sister then informed us and the class that Bobby and I achieved two of the highest reading comprehension grades in NY State. We both had 9th Grade reading levels. I was not surprised at Bobby's results!
I was a classmate of Bobby's up until Sophomore year at Albertus Magnus. Ran track with Bobby too.
Cindy McKeon
September 9, 2019
Bob, you continue to be in our thoughts and prayers! Love, Cindy and the Girls
Kevin Russo
June 8, 2016
I think of Bob often and what a wonderful example he was of an Albertus Magnus student athlete. I admired him a great deal and believe he's in a better place now.
Maura P. Tierney
June 6, 2016
I am so sorry for the loss of Bob. I taught him at Albertus Magnus H.S. He was a wonderful person, so grateful for
any little thing that was done for him. It is beautiful to see how many people he helped in his life. I won't pray for him, but I'll pray to him. Maura P. Tierney
March 17, 2015
Bob is 2nd row, 2nd from right in team photo. Bob was my teammate and one of my idols in track. He was a gentlemen and a great teammate. Bob would be reading on the team bus while the rest of us would be joking around. A wonderful guy and one of the best quarter milers ever to run for Albertus Magnus High School.
Albertus Magnus XC Team Photo 1971
Kevin Russo
March 17, 2015
Cindy and Girls
September 11, 2014
Sending our love
Your Family
September 10, 2014
Unforgettable -
With love, as always, from
Sharon Brown
August 6, 2014
Happy Birthday..
August 6, 2014
Happy Birthday in Heaven..
A dear friend..........
September 11, 2013
You are always in our thoughts and prayers.
-Cindy and the Girls
Karen McKeon
September 10, 2013
Miss you and love you today, tomorrow, and always. -
Your adoring sister
Your Loving Family
September 10, 2013
The wisdom and grace of your irreplaceable spirit is always with us.
Tim Butler
August 6, 2013
Happy Birthday Bob, wish you were here to enjoy it.
Carl Wideberg
June 9, 2013
You were the smartest kid in St Gregory Barbarigo. We had fun playing stickball, basketball and running track at the 168th St Armory in Manhattan while at Albertus. You were a good kid. Rest in Peace
March 6, 2013
RIP
November 24, 2012
RIP
Sharon
November 16, 2012
Think about you every day.
Brian Tully
October 10, 2012
RIP my friend. Have thought many times about our good times at AMHS and Rockland Lake. Your success and legacies are of no surprise to those of us that knew you back in the "old days". God bless, and very sincere condolences to the entire McKeon family.
Gillian Morrison
October 8, 2012
My family is devestated. Bob was an amazing, generous, inspirational and kind man. He have lots of fond memories of him and his trips to the hills of the Highlands of Scotland He was our friend and we miss him very much. Our love and thoughts are with his family, friends and collegues.
Tony Asefi
October 3, 2012
What a great loss, he was truly a visionary in the Goverment contracting space. Although, I never met him, I admired his accomplishments.
Tony Asefi
September 29, 2012
RIP.
Selina Mohamed
September 26, 2012
We are very devasted about the sudden death of a Very Dear friend and client! Bob McKeon was an excepational human being and will be missed?You will always be in our hearts! Our deepest sympathy to his entire family. Everyone from Imperial Fine Books!!
Larry Rose
September 24, 2012
Bob falls in the most special of categories for those I have encountered in my long business career. Once our business was done we became long distance friends. I will very much miss our periodic chats about life in general. Bob did a lot for so many and never asked for anything in return.
John Johnson
September 20, 2012
Bob was a truly wonderful person and will be deeply missed by all. I was lucky to have worked with him on a number of projects over 15 years and found him extremely intelligent, interesting, patron of the arts and always had keen insight and humor.
My deepest condolences for family, partners and friends. God bless.
John
Douglas Luke
September 19, 2012
BOB - While we became acquainted through business interests, I valued you as a high class friend...I, among the many, will miss you...
Laura Floersheim
September 18, 2012
Praying for u and ur family.
George and Lizzie Lewis
September 17, 2012
Bob was such a wonderful person whom we were touched to know. He always had something interesting to say and we loved trading books about archaeology and spirtualism. We will miss him.
September 16, 2012
I am Bob's loyal assistant for 20 years, but more importantly, I was his friend and he was mine? I loved him as a friend, and respected him as en employer. he will be forever missed....tremendously
Sharon Brown
Assistant to Robert B McKeon
Dean Patrinely
September 15, 2012
Bob was my closest friend from our HBS days. The sadness I am experiencing now is tempered only by the knowledge that he is next to God looking down on his loving family and children and his friends. I shall miss the relationship we had over the last 34 years. Bob was a remarkable man-- compassionate, acutely intelligent, charming and incredibly industrious. I pray that his family's grief subsides in time and is replaced by their many fond memories of Bob. God bless you Bob and your family. It was truly honor to call you my friend.
MARCO DIFEDERICO
September 15, 2012
Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.
Blaine Lourd
September 15, 2012
I met him at a wedding in 1992. I introduced him to a girl who he danced all night with. He never forgot me for that kind gesture to which he paid me back in 100s like it. He was a fine man and a fine friend. Blaine
Tim Butler
September 15, 2012
A study group mate in our early days at HBS, Bob had a quiet intensity, a laser focus, and a wry sense of humor. He was sensitive, insightful, kind, and a good friend. His passing too soon is a shocking tragedy. My condolences to his family and all who knew him well. May he rest and know well how much he is missed.
Mark Schwartz
September 15, 2012
Bob was a great friend from our days at HBS to our time at First Boston. He was the consummate professional and a generous philanthropist.
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