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Robert 'Bob' Cerney
ROBERT "BOB" CERNEY
Laguna Hills, Calif.
8/12/1935 – 7/22/2021
Robert "Bob" Leo Cerney, 85, lost his brave battle with illness on July 22, 2021, in Laguna Hills, Calif.
He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Freda Melichar Cerney, and their six children,
13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. Bob loved his family, church, community and country.
A U.S. Navy veteran and 37-year employee of Rockwell Collins, Bob gave countless hours of service to Boy Scouts,
the Catholic church, Little League, Red Cross Disaster Relief and veterans' groups. After retirement, Bob and Freda traveled the world as the Happy Wanderers and full-time RVers for 27 years.
Family requests no flowers, please. To honor Bob with a memorial, consider the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation or charitable organizations serving disabled veterans.
Military funeral and funeral Mass: 9:30 a.m. Aug. 11, 2021, at Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church, 21682 Lake Forest Dr., Lake Forest, CA 92630.
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