68, of Wareham, MA. died July 25, 2016 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. Born in Bayonne, he was the son of the late Edward J. & Helen (nee Kucharski) Kuklinski. Robert moved to Natick, MA in the late 1970’s and to Wareham in 1981. He worked in the maintenance department for the U.S. Postal Service in Providence, RI retiring in 2010. Robert was also a contractor and owned and operated Kuklinski Contracting. Robert served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was a member of the Dudley Brown V.F.W. Post in Onset, MA. Robert is survived by his sons, Nicolas D. Kuklinski, Jacob A. Kuklinski and Eric A. Kuklinski, his daughter, Rebecca A. Kuklinski, his sisters, Elena Solomon and Roseanne DeVane, his brothers, James Kuklinski and Edward Kuklinski. Also surviving are his six grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brothers, the late Gerald and Thomas Kuklinski. Robert leaves a host of friends as well as acquaintances who loved him dearly, and whose lives he touched in many ways. In lieu of flowers, donations in Robert’s memory may be made to the Buzzard’s Bay Coalition, 144 Front St., New Bedford, MA 02740 or the Veteran’s Transition House, 20 Willis St., New Bedford, MA 02740. Funeral arrangements by CHAPMAN, COLE & GLEASON Funeral Home, 2599 Cranberry Highway (Rt. 28), Wareham, MA.