Robert E. Siegfried

Ii have so many things to say, but.want to express how much Bob will be missed. I always looked forward to seeing him in Bridgehampton - he was so gracious and jovial and kind.

I am grateful that he was a part of my life.

For as long as I remember growing up and spending my summers in Bridgehampton, I have many many great memories of the Cammann/Francke clan and the Siegfried/Oberander/Worth clan at beach parties and a plethora of summer activities.
Through the years I had the pleasure of working for Blanch and Bob on their home as there building contractor. It was a very special relationship we had, one that I will treasure.Bob was always appreciative of others and modest of himself. I always admired his hand with his paintings of the landscapes and structures of the Bridgehampton Community. Although we have lost a very special member of our community, his memory will always live on with all the people he touched and his paintings.

I first met Bob and Blan when they purchased land here in New London and built a summer home just down the street from where I live. I was in high school at the time, and keenly aware of anything having to do with construction. They employed an architect, who used steel I-beams for ridges, poured pre-stressed concrete floors with reinforcing and hollow tubes in the garage, and used swaged aluminum grating on the decks, to allow the rain from the roof to pass through, all of which I had never seen. When I graduated and attended college in Boston, I remember riding in with Bob, and sharing thoughts and learning from him. He told me once when he met a man, he always tried to leave him a little better off than he found him, a philosophy I have tried to follow in my practice of law. He seldom mentioned his military experience, except to say that he was a forward observer - the guys up front with the binoculars getting shot at and trying to report what was going on to the troops behind! Bob and Blan were very interested in me and my career, and wanted me to see beyond New London. Bob arranged a tour of the Badger Corporation in Cambridge for me when I was in high school, and what an eye-opener that was! Blan took me to lunch at Durgin Park and told the Head Waiter to seat us promptly because I had an interview! In 1980, Bob and I had lunch at the Algonquin Club on Beacon Street, when I had an interview at Northeastern for admission to their MBA program. He showed me the famed "radar door" at the Club, which was used during WWII by the developers of radar, who had a laboratory in the adjoining brownstone. With Bob's help, I was able to enter the Northeastern MBA Intern program in 1981 which led me to work for Textron, and from there what is now PriceWaterhouseCoopers, before leaving them and going to law school. I shall always remember Bob and Blan and the extraordinary generosity they willingly bestowed on me, a mere neighbor, and whose influence and life lessons I shall strive to incorporate in my life.

I first met Bob and Blan when they purchased land here in New London and built a summer home just down the street from where I live. I was in high school at the time, and keenly aware of anything having to do with construction. They employed an architect, who used steel I-beams for ridges, poured pre-stressed concrete floors with reinforcing and hollow tubes in the garage, and used swaged aluminum grating on the decks, to allow the rain from the roof to pass through, all of which I had never seen. When I graduated and attended college in Boston, I remember riding in with Bob, and sharing thoughts and learning from him. He told me once when he met a man, he always tried to leave him a little better off than he found him, a philosophy I have tried to follow in my practice of law. He seldom mentioned his military experience, except to say that he was a forward observer - the guys up front with the binoculars getting shot at and trying to report what was going on to the troop behind! Bob and Blan were very interested in me and my career, and wanted me to see beyond New London. Bob arranged a tour of the Badger Corporation in Cambridge for me when I was in high school, and what an eye-opener that was! Blan took me to lunch at Durgin Park and told the Head Waiter to seat us promptly because I had an interview! Later on, Bob and I had lunch at the Algonquin Club on Beacon Street, when I had an interview at Northeastern for admission to their MBA program. He showed me the famed "radar door" at the Club, which was used during WWII by the developers of radar, who had a laboratory in the adjoining brownstone. With Bob's help, I was able to enter the Northeastern MBA Intern program in 1981 which led me to work for Textron, and from there what is now PriceWaterhouseCoopers, before leaving them and going to law school. I shall always remember Bob and Blan and the extraordinary generosity they willingly bestowed on me, a mere neighbor, and whose influence and life lessons I shall strive to incorporate in my life.

I worked at Badger and later Raytheon for 40 years. Bob was a highly respected individual by everyone who worked at Badger. He was a great role model.