Robert Usen

Robert D. Usen-of Chestnut Hill, on September 24, 2016. Beloved husband of  Virginia”Ginny”Usen. Devoted father of Amy Elizabeth Usen, Abigail Usen Berner and her husband Clifton, and the late Peter Usen and his surviving wife Sigrid Usen. Loving grandfather of Lyndsey Berner and Nicholas Usen. Son of the late Irving and Edyth Usen, and brother of Richard Usen and his wife Judy. Service will be  at 11:30 am on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at The Wilson Chapel, 234 Herrick Road, Newton Centre. Interment private. Following services family and friends are invited to the home of Jeanne Yozell from 1-4pm. Robert was the owner of Tabby Cat Food and Capeway Seafoods. He graduated from Mass Maritime Academy and Tufts University. He served on the Board of Advisors at The Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University, The Board of Generations Inc., The Boston Civic Symphony, and was a former Trustee at Proctor Academy. He was an avid sailor, tennis player and skier. In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made to Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 or Cranberry Hospice, 36 Cordage Park Circle, Suite 326, Plymouth, MA 02360.  The family is forever grateful for the care he received at the Newfield House in Plymouth, MA.