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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8pm on Friday, September 16, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Those wishing to participate in the celebration of Robert's life are welcome to a short funeral service held on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at the funeral home at 10:30am.
Robert “Bob” Otto Linck, age 89 of Green Pond, passed Monday, September 12, 2016.
He was born and raised in Montclair. After graduation from Montclair High School in 1945, Bob joined the United States Navy and served during WWII.
Bob worked for his father at the O.E. Linck Chemical Company in Clifton. He helped with the family business at a young age and continued after his tour of duty on the U.S.S. Iowa. Newly married to Joanne Vander May in 1952 they moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico so he could manage the Linck Manufacturing Plant and start a family.
Joanne always said that after three years and three kids with a fourth on the way, they needed to move back to NJ. Shortly afterwards, his father sold the company which invented/produced glitter glue and TAT Ant Traps and Bob went to work for Krementz & Co., a jewelry company in Newark. Bob started the Diana Division, the wedding and engagement ring division, for the company. He was a corporate vice president of the Company when he retired in 1989. Bob developed and patented methods to “bond” certain metals which became a standard process in the jewelry industry.
Bob will be remembered as an avid hunter. He traveled all over North America in search of big game. Anyone who has been to his home knows about his big game trophy mounts all around the house. He loved the outdoors and fishing as well. One of his hunting excursions brought him to Colorado’s Stapleton Airport in 1987.
During the blizzard, his plane was de-iced and had to wait 20 minutes to take off. Unfortunately, when the plane was 50 feet in the air and going 175 miles an hour it crashed, flipping and breaking into three pieces. Bob survived Continental Flight 1713 with burns, ligaments torn in his knee, and his scalp torn back. Through sheer force of will, he survived for over an hour trapped in the wreckage during the snow storm until help reached him. His ability to talk about the trauma of the event drew journalists to him and he was featured in People Magazine and TV shows for years afterwards.
He enjoyed following his children and grandchildren’s sports and had their photos and trophies all over his home, he was always proud of their accomplishments. Although proud, he never hesitated to assert that you should strive for first place!
He was proud of the four door Ford F-150 pickup truck he bought at age 87, and was an avid Western movie buff. Bob enjoyed pushing the limits in all aspects of his life. The stories of his antics and adventures will live on for years.
When thinking of Bob many will recall him as a gregarious, strong-willed, charismatic, tough guy who spoke his mind. He really didn’t like turning older and held the opinion that if he couldn’t hunt he wanted to be with his wife Joanne who predeceased him. His family was very proud when, in his autumn years, Bob came to faith. He was baptized and joined the Green Pond Bible Chapel where he rarely missed a Sunday service. He truly enjoyed his church family and found great comfort in knowing his Lord and Savior.
Robert was the loving husband of fifty-nine years to the late Joanne (Vander May) Linck who passed on October 24, 2011. He met Joanne on the beach at Green Pond where both his and her families would summer. Bob recalled how they would go square dancing at the dance hall at Egbert’s Lake. Bob was training to be a float plane pilot and “buzzed” her home at Green Pond when Joanne was entertaining a suitor he didn’t approve of. Bob’s history as a pilot was short lived as he decided it was a good idea, and the Federal Aviation Administration thought it a bad idea, to fly under the George Washington Bridge. Bob and Joanne married on January 19, 1952 and had a loving and adventurous marriage. Bob always said “I married the best girl in the whole world.”
Robert was the devoted father of Beverly Farrand and her husband George of Green Pond, Robert Linck and his wife Bonnie of Little Falls, Grant Linck and his wife Jayne of Riverton, WY, and Karen Matheny and her husband Timothy of Ringoes; cherished grandfather of Amanda, Brigham and his wife Lauren and Cole Farrand, Meghan and Jim Camb, Catherine, Adam and his wife Meggan, Aimee, Andy and his wife Tiffany Linck, Kenzie and Kevin Matheny; much loved great-grandfather of Brice, Christian, Lexee, Austin, Camden, Kinley, and Beau Linck, and brand new great-granddaughter Quinn Farrand. He was predeceased by his sister Joan Sullivan in 2015.
Those inclined to make a memorial donation in Robert’s memory are asked to consider the Green Pond Volunteer First Aid Squad, PO Box 251, Newfoundland, NJ 07435 and the Green Pond Volunteer Fire Department.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8pm on Friday, September 16, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Those wishing to participate in the celebration of Robert's life are welcome to a short funeral service held on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at the funeral home at 10:30am.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8pm on Friday, September 16, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Those wishing to participate in the celebration of Robert's life are welcome to a short funeral service held on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at the funeral home at 10:30am.
Robert “Bob” Otto Linck, age 89 of Green Pond, passed Monday, September 12, 2016.
He was born and raised in Montclair. After graduation from Montclair High School in 1945, Bob joined the United States Navy and served during WWII.
Bob worked for his father at the O.E. Linck Chemical Company in Clifton. He helped with the family business at a young age and continued after his tour of duty on the U.S.S. Iowa. Newly married to Joanne Vander May in 1952 they moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico so he could manage the Linck Manufacturing Plant and start a family.
Joanne always said that after three years and three kids with a fourth on the way, they needed to move back to NJ. Shortly afterwards, his father sold the company which invented/produced glitter glue and TAT Ant Traps and Bob went to work for Krementz & Co., a jewelry company in Newark. Bob started the Diana Division, the wedding and engagement ring division, for the company. He was a corporate vice president of the Company when he retired in 1989. Bob developed and patented methods to “bond” certain metals which became a standard process in the jewelry industry.
Bob will be remembered as an avid hunter. He traveled all over North America in search of big game. Anyone who has been to his home knows about his big game trophy mounts all around the house. He loved the outdoors and fishing as well. One of his hunting excursions brought him to Colorado’s Stapleton Airport in 1987.
During the blizzard, his plane was de-iced and had to wait 20 minutes to take off. Unfortunately, when the plane was 50 feet in the air and going 175 miles an hour it crashed, flipping and breaking into three pieces. Bob survived Continental Flight 1713 with burns, ligaments torn in his knee, and his scalp torn back. Through sheer force of will, he survived for over an hour trapped in the wreckage during the snow storm until help reached him. His ability to talk about the trauma of the event drew journalists to him and he was featured in People Magazine and TV shows for years afterwards.
He enjoyed following his children and grandchildren’s sports and had their photos and trophies all over his home, he was always proud of their accomplishments. Although proud, he never hesitated to assert that you should strive for first place!
He was proud of the four door Ford F-150 pickup truck he bought at age 87, and was an avid Western movie buff. Bob enjoyed pushing the limits in all aspects of his life. The stories of his antics and adventures will live on for years.
When thinking of Bob many will recall him as a gregarious, strong-willed, charismatic, tough guy who spoke his mind. He really didn’t like turning older and held the opinion that if he couldn’t hunt he wanted to be with his wife Joanne who predeceased him. His family was very proud when, in his autumn years, Bob came to faith. He was baptized and joined the Green Pond Bible Chapel where he rarely missed a Sunday service. He truly enjoyed his church family and found great comfort in knowing his Lord and Savior.
Robert was the loving husband of fifty-nine years to the late Joanne (Vander May) Linck who passed on October 24, 2011. He met Joanne on the beach at Green Pond where both his and her families would summer. Bob recalled how they would go square dancing at the dance hall at Egbert’s Lake. Bob was training to be a float plane pilot and “buzzed” her home at Green Pond when Joanne was entertaining a suitor he didn’t approve of. Bob’s history as a pilot was short lived as he decided it was a good idea, and the Federal Aviation Administration thought it a bad idea, to fly under the George Washington Bridge. Bob and Joanne married on January 19, 1952 and had a loving and adventurous marriage. Bob always said “I married the best girl in the whole world.”
Robert was the devoted father of Beverly Farrand and her husband George of Green Pond, Robert Linck and his wife Bonnie of Little Falls, Grant Linck and his wife Jayne of Riverton, WY, and Karen Matheny and her husband Timothy of Ringoes; cherished grandfather of Amanda, Brigham and his wife Lauren and Cole Farrand, Meghan and Jim Camb, Catherine, Adam and his wife Meggan, Aimee, Andy and his wife Tiffany Linck, Kenzie and Kevin Matheny; much loved great-grandfather of Brice, Christian, Lexee, Austin, Camden, Kinley, and Beau Linck, and brand new great-granddaughter Quinn Farrand. He was predeceased by his sister Joan Sullivan in 2015.
Those inclined to make a memorial donation in Robert’s memory are asked to consider the Green Pond Volunteer First Aid Squad, PO Box 251, Newfoundland, NJ 07435 and the Green Pond Volunteer Fire Department.
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