Robert Kerwick

A rosary vigil will be held at 7pm Tues. Jan.27, 2009 at Assumption Catholic Church with a memorial mass at 12:10 pm Wed. Jan. 28, 2009 with Father Bill McCann officiating. Robert Kerwick 3/16/1937 to 1/22/2009 has left this place for a far better one. He has gone home to be with the Lord. Bob, (as everyone knew him) was born at a very early age in Trenton N.J. He was the second of five children born to John N. Kerwick and Mary (Weiss) Kerwick, both of whom preceded him in death, as did his older brother, John W. (Bill) Kerwick and his younger brother Richard G. (Dick) Kerwick. His youngest daughter Laura Kerwick., also preceded him in death. Bob is survived by his lovely wife, Pristina A.(Sedillo) Kerwick, his son, Sean Kerwick and his wife Melanie (Saenz) Kerwick and their daughter, Mia Michell, all of Roswell. Bob also leaves behind a daughter, Mary K. Heneke, and her children Elizabeth and Alexander, all of Higley , AZ Other survivors include his sisters Barbara Laske and her husband, Frank of Trenton , N.J. and Jane Amantia and her husband Don, of Lawrence, N.J .and a whole lot of nephews and nieces, great nephews and great nieces, and cousins, in both New Jersey and in New Mexico Bob attended St Anthony School, Trenton Catholic Boy's High School, and Trenton Jr, Collage, in Trenton, N. J. and Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. He joined the N.J. Air National Guard while still in high school, was called to active duty with the USAF as a Tech Sgt. He returned to the NJANG after his tour of duty. Shortly after receiving a commission as a Lieutenant in the Air Guard, his unit was recalled to active duty. This time, Bob decided to stay the course. By this time, Bob had met and married his first wife, Norma Stein Roberts, with whom he had two beautiful daughters, Mary and Laura. Bob and Norma divorced just as he retired from the Air Force as a Captain in 1974. He went to work for the N.M. Commission for the Blind at the Rehab Center in Alamogordo, where he met his Pristina. They married in 1975, and moved to Artesia, N.M., where Bob was employed as a purchasing agent for the local hospital. He later moved to Roswell, where he found a home at the Roswell Public Library. As head of the Circulation Department, Bob was always right out front where he could see everyone who came in, and of course, they could see him. He loved the contact with the public,and really enjoyed talking to people about books or anything else they wanted to talk about.. Bob had a major heart attack in October, 1992, went into cardiac arrest and was told later that he had “died” on the table. But God had other plans for Bob and brought him back to his family and friends. He always said that he was a very healthy person, with a very lousy heart. Although he was told that he had congestive heart failure, Bob seldom let that keep him from doing what he wanted to do. Most people, meeting him for the first time, would not have believed he even had heart problems. In 2003, he was diagnosed as having a brain tumor, but when it came time to do the biopsy to determine whether or not it was cancer, the tumor had mysteriously disappeared. Bob knew from experience that this was just another one of those miracles that God loves to perform to confound the medical profession. And he was always grateful to God for choosing him to be the one to demonstrate His Grace.. Honorary Pallbearers will be Orlando Montes, RayJoe Sedillo, Albert Sedillo, Steve Guerrero, Santino Guerrero, Robert Briggs, Richard DePelsMaeker. Please share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register book at andersonbethany.com Cremation was under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home & Crematory.

Robert Kerwick

March 16, 1937 - January 22, 2009