Bob Mcelroy

FUNERAL SERVICES: 10:30 A.M. Saturday at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel. BURIAL: Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Comanche County. VISITATION: Family will receive friends at Comanche Funeral Home on Friday evening from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. LUNCH: Family will have lunch at Kristi and Michael Kennedy's home at Lake Proctor, 356 CR 420 A. Bob McElroy, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, in Stephenville, Texas. He was born on June 25, 1930, in Comanche County, Texas to Charles and Vivian (Auvenshine) McElroy. On December 28, 1951 he was united in marriage to Margaret “Marg” Mazurek in Comanche County, Texas. When he was eighteen Bob joined the United States Army and served as a paratrooper. After leaving the regular army he continued to serve his country in the Army Reserves for over seventeen years. In 1962, he was called back to active duty during the Cuban Missile Crises. He was a rancher, and for many years also worked as Construction Foreman for Higginbotham Bros. in Comanche. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Bob was a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Marg McElroy of Comanche; daughter and son-in-law, Kristi and Michael Kennedy of Dallas; daughter, Mitzi Patin of Dallas; and grandechildren, Alexandra Kennedy, Erin Kennedy, Jake Patin, and Luke Patin. He was preceded in death by one grandson, Patrick Kennedy.