••• Robert Patrick Croghan ….
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Robert Patrick Croghan 1930-2021 Robert (Bob) Patrick Croghan was born on a farm in Iowa on March 15, 1930, and died Jan. 25. He was the second youngest of three boys and four girls. When his family lost the farm in the Great Depression, they moved to two small towns in Iowa, then to Omaha, Nebraska, where he was a student at Creighton Prep. From there, they moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where he graduated from Dowling High School.
He earned a degree from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, a Jesuit college in 1953, with a double major in history and English, and a minor in philosophy. He spent two years in the Army and then spent 15 years as a monk in a Trappist Monastery on a farm outside Huntsville, Utah. They prayed and worked in silence, using sign language to communicate. He enjoyed his life there, but returned home to help take care of his parents. He subsequentially worked at Farmer John’s in Cudahy, California, until he had to quit work in order to help take care of his dad full-time. When his mom and dad both died, he and his sister moved to Lake San Marcos, California, where one of his married brothers was living. When his brother died, he and his sister Kathleen moved to Leisure World Seal Beach, where they lived for years.
He developed COVID-19 and was transferred to the hospital in Long Beach. From there, he subsequentially died. His ashes are interred along with most of his family at Mission San Luis Ray in Oceanside, California.
One person described him as having a very positive attitude toward life, and he was universally described as having a great sense of humor and always smiling. He will be missed in Mutual 17 and by his family.
