DeYoung, Robert William, age 60, of Antigonish passed away on October 23, 2019.

Born in Antigonish, he was a son of Annie (Delorey) DeYoung and the late Joseph T. DeYoung.

Robert was a very private person. He worked as a carpet installer in Antigonish for many years, beginning at the age of sixteen.

Survived by his mother, Annie (Delorey) DeYoung; sisters: Brenda (Jackie) Bowman Pomquet; Bernadette (Kevin) Bowman, Merland; Linda (Allan) Currie, Pomquet; Margaret Ann (Eddie) DeCoste, Monastery; Annette (Martin) Machielsen, Antigonish; Shirley (Jody) Baker, St Andrews; Vicki DeYoung (Sandy MacFarlane), Keppoch; Donelda (Markus) Schorch, Germany; brothers: Thomas, Antigonish; Greg (Kai-Lee), Antigonish; Leonard (Cathy), Tracadie; Glen (Kristen), North Grant; Paul, Pomquet as well as many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his father, Joseph T, DeYoung.; brother, Wayne and nephew, Jeremy.

Visitation in C.L. Curry Funeral Home, 135 College Street, Antigonish on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Funeral Mass in Ste. Croix Church Pomquet on Monday at 11:00 am. Burial at a later date. Donations in memory may be made to St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Foundation, ( Mental Health Unit). Antigonish. Onine condolences www:clcurry.com.