Robert Gordon MacLea, avid fisherman, hunter

TAUNTON, Massachusetts - Robert G. MacLea of Berkley, a retired carpenter who had worked for William Harlow & Son Lumber Yard in Hyde Park, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, at Morton Hospital and Medical Center after a months-long illness. He was 83.

He was the husband of Edna (Spurr) MacLea.

Born in Cambridge, he was educated in Cambridge schools. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He was a retired member of Teamsters Local 25.

Mr. MacLea was an avid hunter and fisherman.

He attended Berkley Congregational Church.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Robert MacLea of Marlboro and Donald MacLea of Plymouth; a sister, Janet DiGangi of Berkley; a brother, Richard MacLea of Plymouth; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

His funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Berkley Congregational Church. Burial will be in Cedar Knoll Cemetery, East Taunton.

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Obituary:

MACLEA - Of Berkley, November 21, 2000, ROBERT G. MACLEA; husband of Edna M. (Spurr) MacLea, father of Robert MacLea and his wife Lorraine of Marlboro and Donald MacLea of Quincy; grandfather of Robert MacLea of Abington, Todd Silvia of Westford, Kyle MacLea of Norwich, VT and Jennifer MacLea of Marlboro and great grandfather of Patrick MacLea of Abington; brother of Janet DiGangi of Berkley and Richard McLea of Plymouth; brother of the late James McLea, Isabelle Nillson and Doris Worthington. Funeral service to which relatives and friends are invited to attend wil be held in the Berkley Congregational Church, 13 South Main St. Berkley on Saturday at 11AM. Visiting hours on Friday 4-8PM in the Crapo-Hathaway Funeral Home, 350 Somerset Ave. (Route 138 South) Taunton. Interment in Cedar Knoll Cemetery, East Taunton.