Robert M. Lane

STOCKBRIDGE -- Robert M. Lane, 86, of Mahkeenac Heights and Boca Raton, Fla., died Monday at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton.

Born in Durham, N.C., on Sept. 16, 1921, son of M.O. and Blanch Knowles Lane, he attended schools there.

An Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, he served from 1938 to 1945, much of those years in the Pacific theater.

Mr. Lane was co-owner of Life Plastics Inc. of Brooklyn, N.Y., for 25 years, retiring in 1976.

He and his wife, the former Florence Bloch, were married Jan. 6, 1945, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Naomi Lane Perkins of East Granby, Conn., and Deborah Lane Murtha of New York; a sister, Anne McCowan of Durham, N.C.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

FUNERAL NOTICE -- Services for Mr. Robert M. Lane, who died Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, will be held at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Stockbridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Florence Fuller Child Development Foundation, 200 NE 14th St., Boca Raton, FL 33432, or to the Fresh Air Fund, 633 3rd Ave., New York, NY 10001. Mr. Lane also leaves his loving grandchildren, Robert Brenner, Amy-Lisbeth Brenner Newton, Joseph Ian Brenner, Jonathan Brenner, and their father, Joseph Brenner, all of Connecticut, and Jennifer Murtha and Caitlin Murtha, both of New York; two great-grandchildren, Mariah Brenner and Christopher Newton; and a son-in-law, Rex Perkins. He was predeceased by his sisters, Mary Alice King and Edith Kaiser, and a brother, J.C. Lane, all of North Carolina. He leaves host of nieces and nephews, including his godson, Stephen King of Durham.