Bean, Robert L., 84, died at the Middlebury Convalescent Home on November 18 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.
Born in Evanston, IL, the son of the late Laurence G. Bean and Eleanor Clark Bean, Bob moved to Waterbury at an early age, and spent most of his life in the area. He graduated from McTernan's School and the Taft School before earning his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University, where he also played football. He served on the Coast Guard Cutter Coos Bay, but returned to marry the girl who once lived next door to his childhood home, Carolyn Granniss Bean, his wife of 60 years.
Bob lived in just one house in Middlebury throughout his long marriage, and essentially had only one employer. After a stint at Putnam & Co., he began his career at Colonial Bank & Trust, retiring more than 35 years later as Vice President in the Trust Department at the bank then known as Bank of Boston-Connecticut.
He enjoyed sailing on Lake Quassapaug in his youth, and was an avid player of tennis, paddle tennis and bridge, but Bob truly had one all-consuming passion: golf. A former member of the Country Club of Waterbury, as well as the Waterbury Club, he was a fixture at the Highfield Club for more than 50 years, where he served a term as its president. Other boards on which he served include the Andrews Company, the Boys and Girls Club of Waterbury, Middlebury Land Trust and Middlebury Zoning Board of Appeals. He was active supporter of Flander's Nature Center and the Connecticut Community Foundation. He was a member of the Naugatuck Rotary, and once served as treasurer of the Middlebury Congregational Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Scott Bean of Barrington, RI, and two daughters, Suzanne Cooper and her husband, Doug, of Woodbury, and Liza Redway and her husband, James, of Middlebury, along with five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He also leaves seven nieces and nephews, their families, as well as numerous close friends.

Memorials: none specified.

Cemetery: Cemetery Not Applicable

Location: Munson-Lovetere Woodbury

Funeral: Church Not Applicable

Services: Burial will be private.

Visitation: There are no calling hours.