Robert Henry Remmel

Services: A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 10:00 AM in Hollywood United Methodist Church, Hollywood, MD with Rev. Sheldon Reese officiating. Interment will follow in Joy Chapel Cemetery, Hollywood, MD. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Thursday, August 27, 2009 from 4:00 - 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. Robert “Bob” Henry Remmel, 79, of Hollywood, MD died August 19, 2009 at St. Mary’s Hospital of complications from a lung condition. Born October 17, 1929 in Conneaut, OH, he was the son of the late Edward Henry and Ruth Agnes O’Donnell Remmel and his stepmother, the late Deloris Remmel. He was the gentle loving husband of Joyce Lorraine Joy Remmel, whom he married on June 11, 1950 in Hollywood Methodist Church. He is also survived by his children; Barry Nelson Remmel and his wife Sheryl of Ponce de Leon, FL and Gayle Remmel Bonasorte and her husband Joe of Elkridge, MD; his brothers, Thomas Remmel of OH, Ronald Potter of OH and his sister Kathleen Sanford of OH. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Lois Tink (Roland) of TX, Austin Remmel (Molly) of Annapolis, MD, Rebecca Windsor (Joey) of Dameron, MD, Corey Bonasorte of Washington, DC and Douglas Remmel of FL as well as his great-grandchildren, Amaya Remmel, Mackenzie Windsor, Lilly Remmel, Alexander Tink and Joshua Tink. He was preceded in death by his brother William Remmel and his sister Yvonne Matter. A long time resident of St. Mary’s County, Bob was a dedicated husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was unabashedly proud to be three things: an American, a Marine and a Washington Redskin Fan. Bob joined the Marines in 1948, and as a member of the First Marine Division, he saw combat during operations around Inchon and Seoul, and the particularly brutal battle waged at the Chosin Reservoir in subzero temperatures. He was one of the thousand of Marines who were treated for frostbite and would carry the physical effects of that for the rest of his life. After the war, he worked for the famous Nickel Plate Railroad in Ohio until 1958 and then moved his family to St. Mary’s County and Hollywood where he had met his future wife to be in 1949 while stationed with a Marine Detachment at Paxtuxent River. He joined Steuart Petroleum as a Tankerman in 1958, assisting the movement of much needed petroleum products up and down the East Coast, and worked there until he retired in 1991. Mr. Remmel loved to travel. As his children were growing, he took particular delight in hooking his truck up to a travel trailer and whisking his family off on vacations across the country—Maine, Florida, Ohio, West Virginia and several trips out West. When his grandchildren came along, the trailer was regularly parked next to Kings Dominion. When the kids were grown, he set of with his wife for Hawaii, California, Tennessee and any number of bus trips to “nearby” sites like New York. Bob and his family joined the Hollywood United Methodist Church soon after their arrival in Hollywood and remained life-long members. He was also a member of the Thomas J. Shryock Masonic Lodge and their women’s affiliate, the Julia Halla OES 107 and the American Legion. Every Tuesday was “golf day” for the past several years. He had great friendships with his dear golf partners in the Tim O’Brien Men’s Golf League at Chesapeake Hills. The family will receive friends on Thursday, August 27, 2009 from 4:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 10:00 AM in Hollywood United Methodist Church, Hollywood, MD with Rev. Sheldon Reese officiating. Interment will follow in Joy Chapel Cemetery, Hollywood, MD. Pallbearers will be Barry Remmel, Douglas Remmel, Austin Remmel, Joe Bonasorte, Corey Bonasorte and Joey Windsor. Contributions may be left to Hollywood United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 100, Hollywood, MD 20636, Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 79, Hollywood, MD 20636, or Hollywood Volunteer Fire Dept., P.O. Box 7, Hollywood, MD 20636.