Longtime Little Silver resident Roberta “Bobby” Platz Keenan passed away at home on Saturday, June 22. She was 90.
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Born and raised in Newark, Bobby was a graduate of St. Vincent Academy. After high school she briefly worked for Hardware Mutual Insurance before taking a job in the drafting department of the Newark headquarters of New Jersey Bell.
She became a department supervisor and stayed at the Telephone Company for more than 15 years, working part time after having her first child. After working part time in the local schools when her children were young, Bobby eventually returned to graphic design working for a textbook printing firm.
After retirement, Bobby volunteered at the Little Silver Public Library and did volunteer food delivery for The Center in Asbury Park for many years.
Bobby is survived by: her daughter, Stephanie, and husband James Keenan, her daughter, Jennifer, and husband Michael Forrar; and grandchildren, Elizabeth Keenan, and Colin and Grace Forrar.
She was predeceased by: her husband of 63 years, John (Jack) Keenan; her parents, Joseph and Gladys (Schwaner) Platz; and her brother, Joseph Platz Jr.
A memorial mass will be held on Friday, June 28, at 10 a.m. at St. James Church, 94 Broad St, Red Bank. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Parker Family Health Center, 211 Shrewsbury Avenue, Red Bank, NJ 07701 (www.parkerfamilyhealthcenter.org) or the American Cancer Society.
— Edited obituary prepared by family via Thompson Memorial Home
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