Robert Melzar Spink

Robert Melzar Spink

Male 1917 - 1993  (76 years)


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  • Name Robert Melzar Spink 
    Birth 24 Jan 1917 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Dec 1993 
    Person ID I76444  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Melzar Maurice Spink,   b. 12 Nov 1876   d. 1 Feb 1952 (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Clara M. Gurley 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F24652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kathleen Marion Betts,   b. 14 Jul 1917, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1979 (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jun 1945 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Ann Spink
     2. Carol Jean Spink
    Family ID F25698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Class of 1935 PACS
      ROBERT M. SPINK, 76, DIES
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - December 8, 1993Browse Issues
      Robert M. Spink, 76, of 7686 North St., retired director of the Oswego County Department of Weights and Measures, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Carol Fortin, in Mexico.

      The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home with the Rev. Elizabeth Mowry, pastor of Park United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Pulaski Cemetery.

      Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Oswego County Hospice, c/o Pulaski Court House, Pulaski, N.Y. 13142.

      Besides his daughter, Mrs. Fortin, he is survived by another daughter, Nancy Garnsey, Port Leyden; two sisters, Irene Spink, Pulaski, and Bessie Bingham, Winter Haven, Fla., and six grandsons.

      He was born Jan. 24, 1917, in Pulaski, a son of Melzar and Clara Gurley Spink. He was a 1935 graduate of Pulaski Academy. He served in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945 as a chief instructor at the Central School Flexible Gunnery, in Laudo, Texas.

      He married Kathleen M. Betts June 26, 1945, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Syracuse. She died Nov. 21, 1979.

      Mr. Spink was manager of the meat department of the Pulaski Super Duper Market from 1960 to 1976. He was also director of the Oswego County Department of Weights and Measures for 10 years, retiring in 1985.

      He was a member of Park United Methodist Church, Pulaski Masonic Lodge 313, Pulaski Robert Edwards Post 358 of the American Legion, and the state Weights and Measures Association.Class of 1935 PACS
      ROBERT M. SPINK, 76, DIES
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - December 8, 1993Browse Issues
      Robert M. Spink, 76, of 7686 North St., retired director of the Oswego County Department of Weights and Measures, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Carol Fortin, in Mexico.

      The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home with the Rev. Elizabeth Mowry, pastor of Park United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Pulaski Cemetery.

      Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Oswego County Hospice, c/o Pulaski Court House, Pulaski, N.Y. 13142.

      Besides his daughter, Mrs. Fortin, he is survived by another daughter, Nancy Garnsey, Port Leyden; two sisters, Irene Spink, Pulaski, and Bessie Bingham, Winter Haven, Fla., and six grandsons.

      He was born Jan. 24, 1917, in Pulaski, a son of Melzar and Clara Gurley Spink. He was a 1935 graduate of Pulaski Academy. He served in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945 as a chief instructor at the Central School Flexible Gunnery, in Laudo, Texas.

      He married Kathleen M. Betts June 26, 1945, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Syracuse. She died Nov. 21, 1979.

      Mr. Spink was manager of the meat department of the Pulaski Super Duper Market from 1960 to 1976. He was also director of the Oswego County Department of Weights and Measures for 10 years, retiring in 1985.

      He was a member of Park United Methodist Church, Pulaski Masonic Lodge 313, Pulaski Robert Edwards Post 358 of the American Legion, and the state Weights and Measures Association.Class of 1935 PACS
      ROBERT M. SPINK, 76, DIES
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - December 8, 1993Browse Issues
      Robert M. Spink, 76, of 7686 North St., retired director of the Oswego County Department of Weights and Measures, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Carol Fortin, in Mexico.

      The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home with the Rev. Elizabeth Mowry, pastor of Park United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Pulaski Cemetery.

      Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Oswego County Hospice, c/o Pulaski Court House, Pulaski, N.Y. 13142.

      Besides his daughter, Mrs. Fortin, he is survived by another daughter, Nancy Garnsey, Port Leyden; two sisters, Irene Spink, Pulaski, and Bessie Bingham, Winter Haven, Fla., and six grandsons.

      He was born Jan. 24, 1917, in Pulaski, a son of Melzar and Clara Gurley Spink. He was a 1935 graduate of Pulaski Academy. He served in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945 as a chief instructor at the Central School Flexible Gunnery, in Laudo, Texas.

      He married Kathleen M. Betts June 26, 1945, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Syracuse. She died Nov. 21, 1979.

      Mr. Spink was manager of the meat department of the Pulaski Super Duper Market from 1960 to 1976. He was also director of the Oswego County Department of Weights and Measures for 10 years, retiring in 1985.

      He was a member of Park United Methodist Church, Pulaski Masonic Lodge 313, Pulaski Robert Edwards Post 358 of the American Legion, and the state Weights and Measures Association.