Roland C. "Bob" LeGates III 76 of Hopelawn, entered into eternal rest, Friday, December 6, 2013, at the Princeton Medical Center, in Plainsboro. He was born in Jersey City and has resided in Hopelawn and Princeton for the past 21 years.

Bob was a Railroad Yard Master with Penn Central, Conrail, and CSX working in Linden, Sewaren, Metuchen, Browns Yard, and Manville for 44 years before retiring in 1999. He was a member and Local Chairman of the Yardmasters of America Union, and a member of the Society of American Baseball Research.

Bob served his country in the Army as a Military Police officer while stationed in Germany.

He was predeceased by his parents Roland Jr. and Ruth Duffy LeGates. Bob is survived by his wife Alberta Elaine LeGates, his children Jeffrey Tarantino of Perth Amboy, and Lisa Lomba of Matawan, granddaughter Kristin Podsiadlik of Marmora, brothers James R. LeGates of Green Cove Springs, FL, and William LeGates, and his Aunt and Uncle Hazel Inglesby of Union, and James M. LeGates of Ohio.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday December 11, 2013 at 10:30 am at the Flynn and Son Funeral Home 23 Ford Avenue, Fords. Entombment will follow in Franklin Memorial Park Mausoleum in North Brunswick. Visitation is Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 pm.