| Graduation Year | Class of 1944 |
| Date of Passing | Dec 22, 2007 |
| About | Bob was a 4-sport athlete while attending BHS. He lettered 4 years in basketball and was picked 3 years as an All-PAL player. He lettered 2 years as a quarterback on the football team and received Honorable Mention All-PAL in 1943. His big thrill was catching a touchdown in the Little-Big Game. Burlingame won 14-0. He lettered 2 years as a catcher on the baseball team and 2 years on the tennis team. After graduation, he served in the US Navy for 3 years. Bob played on the SMJC championship basketball team coached by Ray Balsley. He graduated from USF law school and was appointed to the Superior Court bench in San Mateo Co. and in 1971 to the State Court of Appeals. He also served as the Ambassador to Ireland. Bob passed away peacefully following complications from heart surgery on December 22, 2007 at his daughter's San Mateo home. He was surrounded and seeped in the love, admiration and gratitude of all five of his children, their spouses, his 10 grandchildren, dearest friends and Father Kevin Gaffey. He was preceded in death by his father James; mother, Helen; brothers, Jack, Jim, John, George, Tom; sister, Mary; brother-in-law, John Burke, and son-in-law, Chris Coogan. He is survived by his wife Mary Catherine "Keke"; brother, Ben; son, Steve and daughter-in-law, Brenda; daughter, Anne; son, Tom and daughter-in-law, Nancy; son, Jim and daughter-in-law, Sandy; daughter, Mary and son-in-law, David; and grandchildren, Sarah, Molly, Kelsey, Kristin and Brian (both BHS alums), Nolan, Brody, Riley, Hannah and Robert. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Dec. 29, 2007, 11am at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Burlingame where Justice Kane was once an altar boy. The family requests that remembrances be sent to: Alzheimer's Assn., 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601-7633. |
