 1918 - 2013 (95 years)
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| Name |
Robert Louis Doane |
| Born |
8 Aug 1918 |
Essex, Connecticut, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
2 Nov 2013 |
Clinton, Connecticut, USA |
| Buried |
River View Cemetery, Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States |
| Person ID |
I27161 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2019 |
| Father |
Charles Northam Doane, b. 9 Mar 1888, Deep River, Connecticut, USA , d. 23 Feb 1962, Essex, Connecticut, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Edith Palau, b. 17 Nov 1893, Essex, Connecticut, USA , d. 17 Jan 1963, Essex, Connecticut, USA (Age 69 years) |
| Married |
1911 |
| Family ID |
F13274 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ruby Darline Barnett, b. 10 Dec 1918, Boonville, Missouri, USA , d. 1 Oct 2003, Essex, Connecticut, USA (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
25 Dec 1942 |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Family ID |
F13279 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Essex - Robert L. Doane, 95, of Essex, passed peacefully on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, at Peregrine's Landing, Clinton.
He was born Aug. 8, 1918, a 5th generation resident of Essex, to Charles and Edith (Palau) Doane. He attended Pratt High School, Connecticut College of Pharmacy, and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London. Lt. Doane served in the Coast Guard in the Gulf of Mexico and the South Pacific throughout World War II. He was a loving and devoted husband to Darline (Barnett) Doane for 61 years and a loving, devoted and inspiring father.
He founded Doane's Pharmacy in 1951, retiring from the business in 1976. He was a pillar of the community and was involved in a variety of community activities, including: 60 year member of the Rotary Club receiving a Paul Harris Fellow Honor, founding member of the Essex Ambulance Association, director of the CBC Bank, and active member of the Essex Yacht Club and founding member of the Pettipaug Yacht Club.
Darline and Bob were pilots at the Mystic Seaport with over 30 years of volunteer time. Lifelong sailors, they enjoyed their time on the east coast leading to a 20 year residence in the Bahamas at their beloved Man-O-War Cay.
Bob was predeceased by his wife, Darline Doane, in Oct 2003.
He is survived by his five children, Timotha, Linda, Deborah, Robert, and John; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several beloved nieces, nephews and cousins.
A Memorial Service will be held at 1 p.m. Nov. 5, at the First Congregational Church, Methodist Hill Road, Essex. Interment will be private at Riverview Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the Essex Ambulance Association, P.O. Box 233, Ivorton, CT 06442.
Arrangements by Robinson, Wright, and Weymer Funeral Home, Centerbrook.
--Published in The Day on Nov. 3, 2013
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