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ROBERT LARKIN Obituary
Born and raised in Salem he was the son of the late Edward T. Larkin and Nora (Kelleher) Larkin. He was educated in Salem schools and graduated from Boston College in 1943. A veteran of WWll, Bob enlisted in the Navy and after training at Notre Dame and Harvard he served as Lieutenant JG on the US Navy Destroyer Escort Alexander J. Luke as supply officer seeing action in the North Atlantic and North Sea. After the war he joined NCR Corporation as a sales trainee and over his thirty-nine years as an employee in eight different states and amassing many achievement awards, he advanced through the ranks to retire as Executive AMM. In retirement he and his wife enjoyed travel to many European countries, golf and their grandchildren.
He is survived by three sons Robert G. Larkin Jr. and his wife Kim, Edward T. Larkin and his wife Mary and Timothy J. Larkin and his wife Patricia; seven grandchildren Shannon (Larkin) Tetreault and her husband Matt, Christa, Jessica, Marissa, Bridget, Kyra and Matthew; two great-grandchildren Jack and Max and many nieces and nephews. He was pre-deceased by his brothers Edward and John and his sisters Catherine and Margaret (Larkin) Bonaventura.
Arrangements: Visiting hours will be Friday 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM at Murphy Funeral Home, 85 Federal Street, Salem to be followed by a funeral Mass at the Immaculate Conception Church, 15 Hawthorne Blvd, Salem. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Care Dimension Hospice 75 Sylvan Street, Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923. For additional information or on line guest book please call 978-744-0497 or visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com
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Memories and Condolences
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Bill Shine
July 6, 2021
I think of Bob often,and I miss Thursday nite
dinner,and the coctails that preceeded it.God Bless him,he was a great guy!!!!!
Brian Perry
July 13, 2017
Bob called on Webster Five Cents Savings Bank as a sales representative for NCR and I had the pleasure of doing business with him. A true gentleman.
BILL,SHIRLEY SHINE
July 11, 2017
FAREWELL TO A GREAT MEMBER OF THE GREATEST
GENERATION.WE LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU AT
BROOKSBY,HAVING DINNER WITH DAVE AND DEDE,
COFFEE WITH THE GUYS,AND LAUGHING ABOUT "BOB
AND RAY"ETC.VAYA CON DIOS,BILL AND SHIRLEY
SHINE
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