Robert Larkin Sr.

1922 - 2017

Robert G. Larkin Sr., 94

SALEM - Robert G. Larkin Sr., husband for sixty years to the late Madeline (Olsson) Larkin, passed away peacefully on July 7, 2017 at Brooksby Village in Peabody, Massachusetts at the age of 94.

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.