Robert James McRae

Robert James McRae of Warwick (and formerly of Spring Valley) passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick. He was 82.

He was born Nov. 30, 1930, in Westwood, N.J., and was the husband for 58 years of Gladys (nee Stockford) McRae.

Robert was retired as a lab technician with American Cyanamid in Pearl River, where he worked for 43 years.

He was a member of the Warwick United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Gladys; sons James McRae and his wife Nancy of Monroe and Robert S. McRae and his wife Vera of Monroe; his grandchildren Luke, Taylor, Jessie, Daniel, Robert, Kelly, Clint, Kenneth and Jay; and three great-grandchildren Sophie, Erin and Robert.

He was predeceased by a son, Richard, and a brother, Walter.

Funeral services were to be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Warwick United Methodist Church, followed by interment in Warwick Cemetery.

Memorial donations in Robert’s memory may be made to American Heart Association, 419 East Main Street, Middletown, NY 10940.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home in Warwick. For further information or to send an online condolence, see www.lsvpmemorialhome.com.