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Beloved son of The Bronx, Robert Francis Nolan passed away painlessly on the evening of Friday, December 15, 2023. Bob was diagnosed with aggressive forms of adenocarcinoma in the abdomen organs on November 24 and entered home hospice with Calvary Hospital soon thereafter. At the time of his passing, he was surrounded by his beloved family at his bedside.

Born in the Bronx on November 16, 1948, Bob was raised on Amethyst Street by his parents Benjamin and Agnes Nolan, with his older sister Carol and younger brother James. In August 1974, Bob met Susan Gannascoli of Graves End, Brooklyn, after Bob befriended Susan’s brother, Rudy, at a New York State Young Democrats Convention. On August 2, 1975, Bob and Susan were married in Brooklyn on a day that was said to be a 99 degree scorcher. Thirteen months later, they welcomed their first child, Christopher Rocco, into the world at Victory Memorial in Brooklyn. Two and a half years later, they welcomed their second child, Vivian Kathryn at Einstein Hospital in The Bronx. In 1981, they settled into their “starter home” in The Bronx neighborhood of Indian Village, finding a lovely semi-attached Tudor house on Narragansett Avenue, where they would raise their family and build their life of public service.

Bob’s life of public service is beautifully detailed in the Congressional Record dated December 9, 2008, in a tribute entered by the Hon. Jose E. Serrano, following his retirement from the Bronx Borough President’s office, which spanned over four decades of service under Borough Presidents Stanley Simon, Fernando Ferrer, and Adolfo Carrion. Bob was proudly known as one of “Freddy’s Guys” at his retirement, forever loyal to Freddy Ferrer. Following his retirement, he was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the NYC Council in June 2011, as a Member of the Board of Directors for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation as the City Council Designee for the Borough of the Bronx. Both the Congressional Record and his HHC bios detailing his service can be found here:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2008-12-09/pdf/CREC-2008-12-09-pt1-PgE2347-4.pdf#page=1
https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/leader/robert-f-nolan/

In his family life, Bob and Susan enjoyed traveling the world together on over 45 cruises. On the home front, they traveled from Little League games to community and law firm softball games alike. Bob was even known to toe the rubber for Fernando’s Commandos on the Borough President’s softball team. They also enjoyed a passion for watching movies together, with Bob’s legendary love for countless watchings of The Godfather Parts I and II. Bob is survived by his beloved wife of 48 years, Susan; his son Chris (Trisha Rich), his daughter Vivian (Dr. Sonia Patel, engaged December 8), his brother James, family matriarch aunt Ann Affriol, and countless treasured cousins and other family members. He is predeceased by his parents Benjamin and Agnes and his sister Carol.

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