John R. “Bob” Croghan, of Bainbridge Island, died on April 11. He was 86.

He was born Oct. 24, 1922, the second son of John F. and May Lynett Croghan. His mother was widowed with two small children in 1927.

He was a graduate of the University of Washington and served in the U.S. Army from January 1943 until August 1950. He was a writer, broadcaster, raconteur and bar keeper.

He worked in sales and in television, managing talent and producing and voicing numerous radio commercials.

He worked in television stations in Anchorage, Alaska; Missoula, Mont.; and Seattle, and was an advisor to the Voice of Kenya in Nairobi for four years in the 1960s.

For the final 13 years of his career, he was director of information and advertising for Cascade Natural Gas Co., a public Utility serving some 200,000 customers in Washington and Oregon.

He loved hunting for deer and elk, lebkuken, reading the classified ads and buying and selling used cars.

While he lived in numerous places throughout the world, his heart remained in his beloved hometown, Honesdale, Penn.

He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Joanne, and his son, Patrick, born in 1976.

There will be a Mass of Remembrance at 10 a.m. May 28 at St. John’s Church in Honesdale.

An online guest book is at www.cookfamilyfuneralhome.com.