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Philip John Roarke Jr.

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Published by Legacy Remembers on Jun. 22, 2003.

On June 19, 2003, PHILIP JOHN ROARKE. Dear husband of the late Carolyn M. Roarke (nee Foster); loving father of Gregory Alan Roarke, of Omaha, Nebraska, Catherine R. Grant, of Baltimore, MD, Philip John Roarke III, and Nancy C. Mackie, of Dallas, Texas; devoted grandfather of Michael Patrick Arnold, of Dallas, Texas, Matthew Joseph Arnold and Catherine Nicole Arnold, of Baltimore, MD, Kelly, Kevin and Philip Roarke, of Dallas, Texas. Also survived by two great-grandchildren. Services private. Interment All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, III.

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Marilyn Campbell

June 23, 2003

Mr. Roarke was my first boss ('74-'80) and mentor for the USPS and subsequently a very dear friend. My condolences to the family.

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