Quechee, Vt. — Robert A. O’Leary of Boca Grande, Fla., and Quechee, Vt., passed away on Friday, May 13, his 77th birthday, in his bedroom overlooking the Gulf. He was surrounded by family and friends.

  Bob was born on May 13, 1939, in Boston and grew up in Cambridge and Lincoln, Mass. He was a graduate of Belmont Hill School (1956) and Colby College. He worked as an executive in corporate bonds on Wall Street and raised his family in Princeton, NJ.

  After a valiant two-year battle with myelofibrosis and leukemia, he was blessed to be comforted at home by Hope Hospice with his sister Debbie and his best friend, Lincoln Kerney, at his side.

 Bob is survived by his children; Garret (Lulu) of London, Elizabeth of Hanover, N.H., and William (Alex) of Marion, Mass., and seven grandchildren Katherine (Kitty) and Robert O’Leary and Katherine (Katie), Lillia (Lillie) and Hope (Hopie) Lovell and Natalia (Tali) and Phoebe O’Leary. He is also survived by his sister, Deborah Carpenter and her husband Tom and niece, Stephanie, all of Naples, Fla. He also leaves behind his constant and faithful companion, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Jack. He is predeceased by his parents, Alyce M. and Paul J. O’Leary and his brother, Paul Jr.