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Ralph Emerson Bucknam
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April 9, 1912 - July 29, 2008
Ralph Emerson Bucknam, 96, Huntington, N.Y., and Sarasota, died July 29, 2008.
The services will be in New York. Toale Brothers Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, Sarasota, is in charge of arrangements.
He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Ruth Barlow, whom he married at Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va., in 1943.
Survivors include a daughter, Joan Reibman, and her husband, Richard, of Sarasota; three granddaughters, Christina Haverty of Austin, Texas, Rebecca Reibman of Huntington, N.Y., and Catherine Williams of San Antonio, Texas; and five great-grandchildren, Daniella and Jean Richard Haverty, and Kailey, Charlotte and Jenna Williams.
After graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1934, where he was nominated to the All-American football team, Ralph attended Harvard Law School while working as a Harvard football coach and a friendly bouncer at the Raymar Ballroom. During World War II he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Forces. After the war, he graduated from NYU Law School. In 1952 he founded the international patent law firm of Bucknam & Archer.
In retirement, he joined several senior citizen orchestras, where he enjoyed playing a violin and viola that he made himself.
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Rebecca Reibman
July 24, 2024
He was an amazing man and very loving Grandfather. He is dearly missed. Hard to believe that it is 16 years since he passed.
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Joan (DeVito) Cergol
July 31, 2008
I will never forget our former neighbors, Ralph and Ruth, and their two wonderful dogs, Dolly & Bee. Ralph was a true Renaissance man, intellect, officer and gentleman for whom the DeVitos had the utmost respect. We will miss you but are so glad you have reunited with your beloved Ruthie. Your love for one another was an inspiration to us all.
Rebecca Reibman
July 30, 2008
I will miss you Grandpa. I love you! I am comforted by the thought that you have been reunited with Grandma.
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