Robert J. Tighe

July 29, 2010

Robert Joseph Tighe,79, of Surfside Beach S.C., formerly of Plainfield and Bridgewater,N.J. passed away peacefully Thursday afternoon. Robert, known by his many friends and relatives as Bob, was born in Newark, N.J., and lived for more than a quarter-century in the Garden State where he enjoyed raising his family, and being involved in Little League Baseball, Pop Warner football, and CYO basketball at St. Bernard's Church and School. Bob enjoyed golf, and many other recreational sports, but most of all, loved traveling and dancing with the love of his life, Agnes, who died in 2007. He was a communicant of St. Michael's R.C. Church in Garden City, S.C. since 1989. He was predeceased by his parents, Thomas, and Mildred Tighe. Surviving are his sons, Tommy of Coral Springs, Florida;, Gerry and his wife, Nancy of West Long Branch, N.J.; Danny and his wife, Nancy of Bluffton, S.C., and a daughter, Diane Eosso, and her husband, Pete of Moyock, N.C. Bob is survived by his sister, Frances Havel, of Katonah, N.Y, and seven grandchildren, Robby, Kyle, Rachel, Corinne, Alison, Claire, and Stephanie.