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Beloved brother and uncle
Longtime Dongan Hills resident, Robert Malcolm Traynham, died July 7, 2016, at his home. Born in Gravesend on March 31, 1931, he grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn before settling on Staten Island in 1960.
Bobby received a bachelor of business arts degree from Manhattan College in 1953. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as a military photographer from 1953 to 1955. After his discharge, he worked as an accountant in Manhattan for Babcock & Wilcox, U.S. Steel, and ABC Television until his retirement.
A painter, photographer, and avid reader, he loved watching vintage movies, especially the films of Richard Dix. He also enjoyed going to plays and movies in Manhattan and completed and copyrighted two undeveloped film scripts.
He was predeceased by his parents, Robert Malcolm and Anna Traynham, also of Dongan Hills and his sister, Maureen Traynham. He is survived by two nieces and three nephews, Susanna Fitzgerald, David Gentile, Robert Gentile, Laura Gentile, and Michael Dare-Gentile.
There will be a Funeral Mass at St. Ann's Church in Dongan Hills today, Wednesday, July 13, at 10 a.m.
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fjohn reinke (mc1968)
July 14, 2016
The Manhattan College alumni community shares the grief, and is now praying for our fellow alumni and the family at this time. The Alumni Office has been informed. As well as the Jasper Jottings community that I personally can reach. We are all a little poorer now. "No man is an island, entire of itself ... any mans death diminishes me". We are sorry for your loss.
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