DR. ALAN DOBROW

DOBROW, Dr. Alan Respected psychiatrist, devoted husband, father and grandfather Dr. Alan Dobrow, age 94, a resident of Lincoln, MA, died on January 30, 2024. Alan was married just short of 65 years to Vida ("Vicki") Dobrish, who predeceased him. He is survived by three children and their partners, Julie Dobrow and Larry Vale of Lincoln, Marty Dobrow and Missy-Marie Montgomery of Springfield, MA, and Joe Dobrow and Julie Zagars of Fountain Hills, AZ; and seven grandchildren: Mira Vale and her husband Nick Allen, Aaron Vale, Jeremy Vale, Jonathan Vale, Sarah Dobrow, Joshua Dobrow and Jeremiah Montgomery-Thompson. Alan spent his childhood on 10th Street in Greenwich Village. He was a proud graduate of the NYU Medical School, and did residencies in psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital and the Menninger Clinic. He served as a captain in the Army, and after his discharge, practiced psychiatry in Manhattan and Great Neck, where he and Vicki lived for almost 40 years before retiring to Massachusetts. A man of few words, but many good ones, Alan was a book lover with a passion for F. Scott Fitzgerald and all kinds of history. He reveled in the academic and literary accomplishments of his family, while remaining constitutionally modest from his first day until his last. A boyhood fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers and late-life convert to Red Sox Nation, he would have been delighted to hear the news of Theo Epstein's return to Fenway just a couple of days after his death. He was always hopeful when pitchers and catchers reported to spring training in February. His family plans a celebration of his life at a later date. To share a memory or offer a condolence, please visit www.concordfuneral.com

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