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Robert Louis Doane

Male 1918 - 2013  (95 years)


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  • Name Robert Louis Doane 
    Born 8 Aug 1918  Essex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Nov 2013  Clinton, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried River View Cemetery, Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I27161  Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2019 

    Father Charles Northam Doane,   b. 9 Mar 1888, Deep River, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1962, Essex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Edith Palau,   b. 17 Nov 1893, Essex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1963, Essex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 1911 
    Family ID F13274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruby Darline Barnett,   b. 10 Dec 1918, Boonville, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 2003, Essex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1942 
    Children 
     1. Timotha Doane
     2. Linda Doane
     3. Deborah Doane
     4. Robert Doane
     5. John Doane
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2019 
    Family ID F13279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Aug 1918 - Essex, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Nov 2013 - Clinton, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - River View Cemetery, Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Census
    1920 US Census
    1920 US Census
    Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut
    1930 US Census
    1930 US Census
    Essex, Connecticut

  • 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