Bob Affleck

Bob was born on March 20, 1923 in Killarney, Manitoba, Canada and passed away on October 17, 2015 at the age of 92. He was a true gentleman with the highest integrity. Kind and caring, with a keen sense of humor, he was deeply loved by his family and friends.

He dedicated 42 years of service to Air Canada which included international communications, Trans-Atlantic flight crew, and a number of positions in sales and management administration in Cleveland, Buffalo, Chicago, and Houston.

He took a leave of absence from Air Canada in 1943 to join the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. On Special Assignment, he served on the Canadian frigate H.M.C.S. Outremont as a Telegraphist and was trained using the High Fidelity Direction Finding and Morse code to report the positions of enemy submarines. The Outremont patrolled the North Atlantic waters, the waters off Murmansk, Russia and the English Channel in the D-Day Invasion.

He served as President of SKAL International, an organization around the world, promoting tourism and goodwill through travel. He was also a founding member of the Senior Golf Association of Kingwood Country Club, known as the O.F.W.W.

He is preceded in death by his parents Jessie and Ralph Affleck, sister Marion, and brothers Alvin and Arnold.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, MaryAnn and daughters Kristen Varela and husband Edward; Meaghan Roosma and husband Mark; and a cherished Papa to grandsons Wilkes and Alexander Varela and Tyler and Matthew Roosma; and a number of nieces and nephews in.

A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Martha Catholic Church, 4301 Woodridge Parkway, Porter, Texas on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 2:00pm.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the University of Florida Foundation, memo: Robert W. Affleck Memorial Fund for Gylcogen Storage Disease Type Ia Research, PO Box 100243, Gainesville, FL 32608.