Robert O'connell

ROBERT O’CONNELL, 65, DIED TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1993.
HE WAS BORN IN RANKIN, PA., OCT. 27, 1927, THE SON OF THE LATE DANIEL DAVID AND HELEN MARIE NAGY O’CONNELL. HE WAS A RETIRED SENIOR CHIEF, US NAVY, WHERE HE SPENT 27 YEARS IN NAVAL AVIATION AND SERVED ON 11 DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. HE ALSO SERVED IN THREE DIFFERENT WARS, WORLD WAR II, KOREA AND VIETNAM. HE WAS A RETIRED PRODUCTION MANAGER WITH WILDWOOD LAMP CO.
SURVIVING: WIFE, CLEO PEARCE O’CONNELL OF THE HOME; DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, KATHLEEN O’CONNELL TAPP AND STEVEN TAPP, BOTH OF DURHAM; SONS, THOMAS PATRICK O’CONNELL OF CHAPEL HILL AND DANIEL MICHAEL O’CONNELL OF PITTSBURGH; GRANDCHILDREN, ELIZABETH PEARCE TAPP, DAVIS ALEXANDER TAPP, DANIEL MICHAEL O’CONNELL II AND KELLY O’CONNELL; SISTER, ANNA O’CONNELL BURKE OF TRUMBULL, CONN.; SISTER-IN-LAW, MARY E. PEARCE OF THE HOME.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE AT 2PM THURSDAY AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK, WITH FR. JIM BUTLER OFFICIATING.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7-9PM WEDNESDAY AT JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, SUNSET AVENUE, OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME, 2908 JASON DR., ROCKY MOUNT.