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ROBERT LEO (BOB) McDONOUGH Age 90, of Allison Park, PA, beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, teacher, mentor, and coach, passed away on October 2, 2020, after a short illness. Bob and his wife Millie had been married for 63 years and raised four boys while living in Valencia, PA. A devout Catholic, he lived his life faithfully through his great humor, ethics, patience with everyone he met, teaching, coaching, and care for his fellow human beings. He was a humble man with a huge heart who made friends wherever he went and was recently inducted into the Pine-Richland Athletic Hall of Fame. Bob was the youngest son of John C. and Catherine Lane McDonough of Swissvale, PA. Bob and his older brother Jerry excelled at football and basketball while attending Swissvale High School. After high school, he attended Clarion State College and served four years in the Navy. He and Millie were married at St. Anselm's church in Swissvale in 1957, and he began his 32-year teaching career at Pine-Richland High School. At Richland, he taught Economics, Social Studies and was the first and only Driver's Ed teacher at the school. As a young teacher at Richland, he devoted himself to his students, volunteering as a coach and faculty adviser for numerous social clubs including coaching cross country. Although a part-time runner himself in the early Forrest Gump years, he had never coached running. He ran three marathons and quickly immersed himself in the sport and eventually taught himself how to use a personal floppy disk computer and 20-lb. video camera with VHS tape to track his athletes' training and improvements. His girls' cross-country teams were WPIAL Class AA Champions in 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1988. The girls' cross-country team also won the state PIAA championships in 1988, the first-ever state PIAA championship in Richland school history. Bob and Millie were long time parishioners at Holy Sepulcher Church in Glade Mills, PA. Both were members of the church choir. Bob was also active in the parish's Knights of Columbus chapter, holding several positions over the years, including Grand Knight. During his retirement years, Bob was also a member of the Butler Notables, an all-male a cappella singing group. He taught himself HTML and ran the group's web page based on his early experience with the personal computer. Bob is survived by his wife, Millie; son, Lane and wife Kirsten of Natick, MA; son, Lee and wife Lizanne of Raleigh, NC; son, Larry and wife Lynn of Cranberry, PA; son, Luke and wife Lucy of Gibsonia, PA; and grandchildren, Alycia, Kelsey, Luke Patrick, Erin, Reed, and Dylan. Family will receive friends on Sunday from 1-4 and 6-8 p.m. at SCHELLHAAS FUNERAL HOME, 5864 Heckert Rd., Box 143, Bakerstown, PA 15007. Mass of Christian Burial celebrated on Monday at 11 a.m. in Holy Sepulcher Church. Please leave condolences at www.schellhaasfh.com. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
