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ROBERT L. CONKLING
1918 – 2010
ROBERT L. CONKLING, 92, died at home on Wednesday, December 22, 2010, in Larchmont, NY. The cause of death was prostate cancer.
Bob was married for 53 years to Sylvia Hoban Alexander Conkling, his true love, who died in 2000. Bob and Sally met by chance one stormy night on a night train from Pennsylvania Station to Philadelphia during WWII (a story he loved to tell) and were married in East Hampton, NY in ‘47. They established their home in Larchmont, NY, in ‘54 where they raised their six children.
Bob graduated from Manhattan College in ‘39, was a member of the men’s track team, became it’s captain, and was inducted into the Manhattan College Hall of Fame in ‘91. Bob served in the United States Navy from ‘42-‘46 on the U.S.S. Tattnall and on the U.S.S. Amick. He participated in the Invasion of Southern France, was awarded numerous decorations, including two bronze stars.
He graduated from Fordham Law School in ‘49 and was admitted to the New York State Bar in ‘50. Bob spent his entire career at the Manhattan law firm of Bleakley, Platt, et al., rising to managing partner. He was a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (President, ‘76-‘77); past president of the Larchmont Babe Ruth League and the University Club of Larchmont.
Bob is survived and deeply missed by his family: Robert, Jr., Peter (Nancy), Christopher (Ms. Simon McQueen), John, Jamie (Lillibeth), and Elise Galgano (Al) and his four grandchildren: John Granata, James Granata, Heather Conkling, Peter Conkling and one great grand-daughter: Jessica Conkling.
Viewing at Fox Funeral Home in Larchmont, 12/27, 2-7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Augustine’s, Larchmont, 12/28, at 10 a.m.
Donations can be made in his memory to Hospice and Palliative Care of Westchester, NY.
Published on NYTimes.com from December 23 to December 24, 2010
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Conkling, Robert L. [MC1939 RIP]
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