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Robert Whitney Obituary
Clearwater, FL - Robert Austin Whitney, 71 formerly of Paxton and Auburn died peacefully on April 28, 2018.
Bobby was born in Worcester, a son of the late Austin W. and Emma E. (Conroy) Whitney. He graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Bio-Chemistry. He was a licensed real estate agent in Florida and Colorado. As a young man, Bobby enlisted in the US Navy and proudly served in Vietnam as a corpsman / medic attached to a Marine Corps company. While serving, Bobby used his wonderful gift of singing as a member of the Navy's Blue Jacket Choir.
Bobby will be lovingly remembered and missed by his two sisters, Ruth W. Duncan of Clearwater, FL and Barbara W. Simonelli and her husband, Joseph of Centerville, MA; his brother, Richard D. Whitney and his wife, Cheryl of Ashville, NC; his eight nieces and nephews, Rod, Lee and Keith Sroczenski, Elizabeth W. Frates and Thomas A. Duncan, Jr. and Cara Sneed, Conroy Whitney and Collen Kensey; as well as many cousins. He was predeceased by his sister, Diane W. Raleigh in 2005.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Bobby's Life Celebration memorial service in Friday, June 1st. at 11 a.m. at First Congregational Church of Paxton, 1 Church Street, Paxton. Burial will follow in the family lot at Mooreland Cemetery, Paxton. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association (www.heart.org) or Disabled American Veterans(www.dav.org). To share a memory or leave an online condolence, please visit
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Ruth Whitney Duncan
April 22, 2024
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Dimitar Arabadzhiev
May 31, 2018
Dear Bobby - It has been a pleasure knowing you and working with you from a distance over the years.
Thank you for the inspiration and your service to our great country. May GOD bless you!
I pray that you are surrounded by HIS amazing grace and great love in the place HE has prepared for you!
LEE Bruce
May 21, 2018
Bobby, it's been a long while since we knew one another..Each going his own way in the world and making a living. None the less it is the early years from memory of our camaraderie that I remember and cherish the most. Rest in Peace "Li'l Beaver"...Lee sends
Ruth Whitney Duncan
May 17, 2018
God bless you, Bobby!
Ruth Whitney Duncan
May 17, 2018
May you rest in peace, wrapped in the love of our Lord, my dear brother. I love you and I will miss you until we meet again!
American Heart Association
May 14, 2018
May your memories of the wonderful times you shared with your loved one comfort you and your family, today and always.
Jerry Close
May 14, 2018
Thank you for your Service to our Country.
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