Bob was self-employed, owning Kavanaugh Refrigeration from 1955 to 1988 in Little Chute. While living in Little Chute, he was a member of St. John Catholic Church and attended St. Clements in Plant City. He will be remembered with love by his wife, Rose; four children, Karla and Tom Weyenberg, Little Chute; Maureen and Ken Kappell, Kaukauna; Robert and JoAnn Kavanaugh, Appleton; Diane and Steve Reis, Brillion. Bob also had 13 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, a sister Mary (Jerry) Mauthe, Appleton; a brother, Jack (Jane) Kavanaugh, Madison; Bill (Terry), Palm Beach, Florida; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Kavanaugh, Minnesota; Mary Ellen Kavanaugh, Kaukauna; Marian (Robert) Driessen, White Potato Lake; Leona (Robert) Stadler, Kelly Lake; Orpha Coenen, Little Chute. Robert also had two special girls who gave him so much love and joy, Tascha and Holly, his best pet friends.
Bob was preceded in death by his brothers, James, Michael, and Nicholas (Marian); sister- in-law, Esther (Clarence) DeBruin; brothers-in-law, Andrew Coenen and Richard (Dolores) Coenen; a great- grandchild, Jonathan Michael Schmitz. The funeral was held Thursday, November 11 at St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute with the Rev. John Schuetze officiating. Verkuilen Funeral Home, Little Chute, assisted the family.