The family of Robert J. Cimiluca (USMC) has invited the Patriot Guard Riders to participate in Military Honors for their hero as he is laid to rest at Miramar National Cemetery. It will be our privilege to fulfill their request.
Robert John (Bob) Cimiluca - son, brother, husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather-was born in Astoria, N.Y. in 1932 and passed away peacefully in Los Angeles on March 24, 2026.
Bob's father was a New York City taxi driver. When Bob was 12 years old his mother died, and being then largely unsupervised he dropped out of school to work on the docks where the morning ritual of sticking his arm in a barrel of cold grease to lubricate conveyor belts convinced him to return to school.
He spent some of that time at Stuyvesant High School and went on to graduate with a degree in Philosophy from Brooklyn College. He became a Marine after graduating from college and he earned his commission at Officer Candidate School then attended the Quantico Marine Corps Basic School class 2-57. In Basic School he formed life long, bonded friendships.
After the Marines, he worked for Philco computing, installing the predecessor to the DEW system in Alaska. Following Philco, he joined the Space and Defense sector at TRW whence some of his programming and debugging efforts may still be in orbit.
At the end of the 60's he took a three-year leave from TRW to join two friends to found a computerized communications company called MSTS which obtained a single contract with Santa Monica's Saint John's Hospital, where he met Dee, a physical therapist. Much later, Bob would say that he was working on the computer superhighway when it was just a dirt road.
After retiring from TRW, he became more active in the Westwood South of Santa Monica HOA, and eventually served many years as president then as treasurer.
Bob was a great story and joke teller, a voracious reader and enjoyed crossword puzzles. He relaxed by working physics problems. He became involved in genealogy, researched his Italian ancestry and took Italian classes-learning to speak Italian well enough to converse adequately with the people in the cities and villages of his ancestors on several trips there.
His hobbies included woodworking, home brewing, limited-though appreciated-yardwork and attempting, unsuccessfully, to devise a simpler way to calculate the volume of a cone segment.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents Carmelo and Annziata de Rosa Cimiluca, brother Don, his former wife Nancy Valdes Cimiluca, and first son Robb.
Bob is survived by his wife of 52 years Demitra (Dee Dee) Theophelos Londos Cimiluca and their sons Christopher and Nicholas, and by Nick's wife Monica Miklas and their new son Theophilos Marian Cimiluca. He is also survived by Robb's daughter Simone and her husband JN and by their daughter Liva.
NOTE: This mission posting is to facilitate your voluntary participation in honoring this Military Veteran. For those interested, all PGR members are welcome. This Mission is a Flag Line of Honor at Miramar National Cemetery. Please see the timetable if you would like to participate.
Timetable for Monday, 6 April 2026 1315 – Stage Miramar National Cemetery, 5795 Nobel Dr., San Diego, CA 92122
https://maps.app.goo.gl/NEX8pZujbZKkohDy51330 – Mission briefing
1345 – (est.) Flag Line of Honor as hero and cortege arrive at Miramar National Cemetery
1415 – Flag Line of Honor followed by full military honors for our hero
R/C Ted Tomaszewicz “Mr. T.”
SoCal Patriot Guard Ride CaptainTedNavyPGR@gmail.com
(201) 970-5546
You need not be a veteran or a motorcycle rider to attend this mission. All PGR members are welcome. We encourage those who do not ride to attend via car. If this is your first mission, meet at the staging area to be briefed by the Ride Captain (RC). Dress for motorcycle riding or dress casually, if driving a cage (car). Our mission is to stand tall and silent, with honor and respect for our heroes. No talking, smoking, or cell phone use during the flag line or service. Please keep radios off and engine noise to a minimum. Observe the 15 MPH speed limit. Cemeteries are hallowed ground. We show respect to all who are there, not just the ones we are honoring.
