| Parents:
Education: Occupation: |
Richard "Dick" H. Baffa Anita M. Stimmler Norwood Academy and Roman Catholic High School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philosophy and theology at St. Paul's Seminary at the University of Ottawa, Canada Catholic priest |
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| Notes: | At the time of the Apr. 17, 1940 U.S. federal census, Robert was 3 years old and living with his parents, elder |
| brother Richard (age 7),
his maternal grandparents, Joseph (age 72) and Anna Stimmler (age 69), and his bachelor uncle Valentine (age 34) at 323 Roxborough Ave. in the 21st Ward of Philadelphia City. His family had been living in the same place on Apr. 1, 1935. His father was working 50 hours a week, 52 weeks
a year as a hairdresser in a beauty operation. His father had completed 9th grade and mother had three years of high school.
Cousin Mike Stimmler remembers Bob as a child visiting with his parents and having a laugh that would fill the room with laughter. All his memories of Bob are great. As an adult Bob lived at 203 Harbour Cove in Somers Point, Atlantic, New Jersey and in Barnarmsville and North Bennington, Bennington, Vermont. Fr. Baffa was ordained to the priesthood at St. John the Baptist Church, North Bennington, on his 29th birthday by Bishop Robert F. Joyce where his priestly ministry began. He returned to St. John's and served as Pastor from 1993 to 2002. He served at the Cathedral and various parishes in the Burlington Roman Catholic Diocese. He was the director of "Cross Roads," a halfway house for ex-offenders. Fr. Baffa was the executive director of Allenbrook/1690, a family oriented home for teen-age boys, and will be remembered for his outstanding love, care and commitment to these boys that were unloved, unwanted or neglected by their families. In September 1982, he was the new Chaplain of the UVM Newman Center. He was welcomed by the community with open arms because of his caring nature. He restructured the organization and the name UVM Catholic Student Association was decided upon as the new title. Fr. Baffa was recognized by President Ronald Reagan when the students formed a 24-hour prayer vigil for Peace. Bob died on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 7:30 a.m. at the hospital in Florida. He was 75 years old. Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, April 3 at 10:30 a.m. the Regina Nursing Center in Norristown, Pennsylvania. |
| Ancestry: | The Hennessy Line |
| The Stimmler/Stimler Line | |
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