Robert C. Milligan, 79, of Belle Vernon, died Friday, October 4, 2024 in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. He was born October 6, 1944 in Monongahela, the son of the late Raymond W. and Mary Jane Elsbury Milligan.

Robert was an Air Force veteran having served during the Vietnam War. He retired from Bell Telephone and AT&T with over 35 years of employment. After retirement, he and his son, Bob, owned and operated Milligan Contracting in Washington. He was a member of the Communications Workers of America, the Chartiers Lodge No. 297 F&AM of Canonsburg and a past master of the Garfield Lodge No. 604 F&AM of McDonald.

Robert loved the Pittsburgh Steelers and his beloved cat, PITA, whom he traveled around the United States and Mexico with in his RV.

He is survived by two children, Camille Davidovich of Apache Junction, Arizona, and Robert C. Milligan, II of Pahrump, Nevada; seven grandchildren, Kyrie (Chad) McConnell, Tara, Teddy and Tessa Davidovich, Brianna, Amanda, and Sarah Milligan; two great grandchildren, Celena and Calvin McConnell; four siblings, Carol Hoffman, Larry (Shirley) Milligan, Glenn (Nancy) Milligan, Darla McCall.

Friends will be received on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 from 6-8 PM and on Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 12-1 PM in the Frye Funeral Home, Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela. Interment will follow in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Bridgeville.

The Chartiers Lodge No. 297 F&AM will conduct Masonic services Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM in the funeral home.