Robert P. ‘Scats’ Gathercole Jr. remembered for decades of service By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Robert P. “Scats” Gathercole Jr. died suddenly on Wednesday while vacationing with his family in Ocean City., Md., a favorite vacation spot. The region’s community of first-responders is mourning the death on Wednesday of Robert P. “Scats” Gathercole Jr., 59, a...