Marcia + Robert Apatow

Marcia (Freedman) Apatow, beloved wife to Bob, mother to Douglas, Steven, and Karen, and sister to Blossom, predeceased her husband Bob and passed on April 18, 2020 at Stone Senior Residence, Newton Upper Falls, MA

Robert (Bob) Jacob Apatow, beloved husband to Marcia, and father to Douglas, Steven, and Karen, passed on June 15, 2024 at Traditions Assisted Living, Dedham, MA

Fresh out of the Navy after WWII, Bob met Marcia at Apatow Pharmacy, Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY, and it was love at first sight. Marcia & Bob raised children Doug, Steve, and Karen, and built homes in: Brooklyn, NY; Valley Stream, NY; Levittown, PA; Greenwich Village, NYC; CT; Cape Cod, MA; Del Rey Beach, FL, and finally Dedham, MA.

Bob built successful careers as a sales executive in the pharmaceutical and beauty products industry, while Marcia was a Weight Watchers lecturer in Levittown, PA, teacher in NYC, and fabulous cook, never to be forgotten by her signature dish Shrimp Leylon.

Besides adoring their children and grandchildren, Bob & Marcia also loved travel to Europe, romantic dinners out, reading the Sunday NYT, and long, loving days at beaches on Cape Cod and Del Rey Beach, FL, Bob thereby earning his nickname Poppa Ocean aka Poppa O.

Marcia & Bob are survived by:

Marcia’s beloved sister Blossom, and Blossom’s & Blossom’s husband Irwin’s children Sandy, David, and Jane;

Bob’s brother Maury, and his sister Patricia;

Bob & Marcia’s son Doug & his wife Andrea and their children Lindsay & her partner Ariel, and son Ben and his partner Jocy;

Bob & Marcia’s son Steve & his partner Josie, and Steve’s children Amanda & her husband Leighton, daughter Emily & her fiancee Devontae, and son Josh; and

Bob & Marcia’s daughter Karen & her husband Ben, and their children Isabel, Libby, and Lex.

A memorial service for Marcia & Bob will be held for immediate family on Friday, June 21, 2024 at the MA Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, MA.