Robert Hickey

South Portland- Robert “Bob” Hickey, 82, of Standish ME, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday December 27, 2011. The son of William J. and Mary A. (Nevins) Hickey, he was born on May 1, 1929 in Saratoga Springs, NY. He graduated from Saratoga Springs High School in 1947 and later received his B.S. in Economics from Siena College. He also graduated with an associate’s degree in electrical technology from Hudson Valley Technical Institute. Bob served in the Army from 1953 - 1955 and was stationed in Germany. He married Laura Lorraine Hogan in 1955. Bob worked as a Sale Representative for IBM in Kingston, NY and Simplex Time Recorder Company in Portland, ME. He moved his family to Maine in 1963 where they lived in Portland until 1974, when he moved to his beloved home on Sebago Lake in Standish. He ran his own company, Atlanta Time Clocks, until his retirement in 1990. During his retirement years, he drove school buses for the Windham School Department. Bob was a faithful parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in North Windham. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, alpine skiing, and spending time with his family. Robert was predeceased by his parents, a brother Dr. William Hickey and his wife Mary Frances, and a sister Maryjane Lodge and her husband Joseph. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Laura Hickey, his daughter Laura Joyce and her husband Richard, her twin sister Susan Hickey, a son Robert Hickey and his wife Kelly, his brother-in-law John Hogan and his wife Erin, three grandchildren Dr. Ryan Joyce, Christopher Joyce, and Nikki Hickey and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements are under the care of Jones, Rich &Hutchins Funeral Home, 199 Woodford Street Portland. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday December 30, 2011 at 10:00 AM at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 919 Roosevelt Trail in Windham. Internment services will be held at a later date at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Saratoga Springs, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations or gifts can be made in Bob’s memory to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital PO Box 1000 Dept. 142 Memphis, TN 38148-0142. Please visit www.jonesrichandhutchins.com for additional information and to sign Bob’s guestbook.