Scanlan, Robert M.
By Canton CitizenRobert M. Scanlan, 80, of Westwood, formerly of Dennis and Milton, passed away peacefully in the company of friends and loved ones on October 31, 2016.
Bob was born to the late Michael and Grace Scanlan on May 2, 1936. A proud 1959 graduate of Boston College, Bob also was a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University and the Greater Boston Executive Program at the Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bob enjoyed a long and productive career as an entrepreneur and financial executive in Boston, New York City, and Tokyo, employed at various times by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Keystone Custodian Funds, the Harborview Group, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Bob also proudly served as chairman of the Carney Hospital Fundraising Committee.
He is survived by his former wife, Joanne Scanlan, of Yarmouthport. Loving father of Robert M. Scanlan and his wife, Patricia, of Dennis, Timothy J. Scanlan and his wife, Dr. Karen Scanlan, of Westwood, Daniel F. Scanlan and his wife, Ellen Rubin, of Westwood, and Grace M. Nunziato and her husband, James, of Medfield. Loving brother of Jeanne McCarthy and her husband, Robert, of Dennis, and the late Richard Scanlan and Anne Pushard. Proud grandfather of Erin, Bud, Caroline, Molly, Tory, Sophie, Dante, Charlotte, and Dominic. Bob is also survived by eight cherished nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be Thursday, November 3, from 4-8 p.m. in the Pushard Family Funeral Home, 210 Sherman Street. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 4, at St. John the Evangelist Church in Canton. Interment will follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in West Roxbury. Donations in Bob’s memory may be made to Mass. General Hospital Alzheimer’s Research Fund, 125 Nashua St., Suite 540, Boston, MA 02114-1101.
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on Nov 4 2016. Filed under Obituaries.
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