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Robert Murray Obituary
Robert Hicks Murray, 92, formerly of Wescosville, died peacefully from natural causes Thursday, February 3, 2011 at home in The Manor of Carpenters in Lakeland, Florida. Bob was born in Newton, Massachusetts on October 1, 1918, to Thomas F. and Harriet (MacIntosh) Murray. On December 12, 1941, Bob married Harriet Marsh and they raised their three children in Hingham, MA. He worked as a marine design engineer for Bethlehem Steel Company in Quincy, MA, and transferred to the Bethlehem Steel home office in 1965. Theymoved to Lakeland in 2009. Survivors: His siblings Harriet, Jean, David and Malcolm; his infant son, Bruce; and, in 1998, his son, Steven, predeceased Bob. He is survived by his wife, Harriet; son Kenneth and his wife, Carol, of Lakeland; daughter Marsha Ray and her husband, David, of Philadelphia; daughter-in-law, Barbara, of Philadelphia; grandchildren Thomas, Robert, Craig, Barton and Alison; great-grandchildren Alex, Amber, Ashley, Brian, Andrew, Daniel, Grace and Jonah. Services: A memorial will be held in Lakeland on February 26, and his ashes will be interred in the Marsh family plot at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA, in the Spring.
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Harriet O. St.Amant
February 2, 2022
Uncle Rob was one of my favorite people. He and my Aunt Harriet ("Harriets" are featured in both families; and their daughter Marsha's middle name is Harriet), were perfectly suited to one another and I loved them both dearly, as well as their children. I trust that Uncle Rob is still resting in peace at Mount Auburn along with my parents. God is watching over them.
Harriet Otto St.Amant
February 2, 2021
Uncle Rob is gone, but definitely not forgotten. His wife, Aunt Harriet, is now the last remaining member of that generation of my family on both sides ... Grandparents gone, Mother and Father gone, Aunts and Uncles gone; sadly, even some cousins, including my sister Marilyn and Rob and Harriet's son Steven, all gone along with my son Phil III. I thank a merciful God that I believe we will all eventually be reunited in the great afterlife He manages.
Harriet Otto St.Amant
February 9, 2011
Dave Murray was my father's best friend, Harriet Murray was my mother's sister, and Dave was best man when my parents were married. Daddy enjoyed taking credit for bringing Rob and Harriet together, but somehow I think they would have found each other anyhow. Few couples are as devoted to one another and their children as the Murrays were and remain, and there is surely a special place in heaven for folks such as these. May God be with you all as you mourn the loss of Uncle Rob, one of the dearest men I have ever known.
Rochelle and Bob Mitchell
February 8, 2011
May the peace which comes from the memories of love shared, comfort you now and in the days ahead.
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