Robert E. Flood
	2005
Robert E. Flood, 81, a retired plumbing contractor, died Oct. 24 at his home in Silver Spring of complications from multiple myeloma.
Mr. Flood was born in Washington and graduated from  St. John's College High School in the early 1940s. He served in the Navy during World War II and was stationed in the South Pacific.
A third-generation plumber, he had worked in the family business, J. C. Flood Co., before the war and returned to the business afterward. He stayed with J.C. Flood until the mid-1970s, when he founded his own business, Flood Inc., on Third Street NW. He retired in 1987.
Mr. Flood, an ardent golfer, was a fixture at the Rock Creek Golf Course. He also was a member of Cissel-Saxon Post No. 41 of the American Legion in Silver Spring.
His marriages to Margaret E. Flood and Joan M. Flood ended in divorce.
Survivors include three children from his first marriage, Daniel J. Flood of Damascus, Megan O'Boyle of Richmond and Erin Shallue of Milton, Fla.; a brother, Thomas D. Flood of Washington; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.