Ameen, Robert “Bob”. Born December 20, 1926 in Monmouth, Illinois, the oldest son of Albert and Najeby Ameen, who came to America in the early 1920s from Lebanon, passed away June 26, 2010. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cecelia (Ceil) in 2007 who was an elementary school principal in Livonia for 27 years.

Mr. Ameen received a B.S. degree from Carthage College, Carthage, IL. He worked for the State of Illinois and the Illinois State Journal newspaper in Springfield, IL before moving to Michigan in 1968.

Mr. Ameen was a professional three-cushion billiard player and was rated one of the top players in the United States for 30 years. In 1971 he won the national title. He also won the Michigan state championship in 1968 and numerous other top tournaments among some 400 in which he participated.

Mr. Ameen served in the United States Air Force and was stationed in Panama at the end of World War II. He was editor of the Livonia Observer and Livonia Eagle newspapers in 1968-71 and legislative aide to Sen. Carl Pursell in Lansing in 1971.

He is survived by a son, Randolph “Randy” Ameen of Henry, IL; a sister, Ruth Wade of Monmouth, IL; and a brother, Richard “Jack” Ameen of Nevada, IA. He was preceded in death by a brother, Albert Ameen, Jr. of California.