Robert M. Conway

He was born on March 8, 1954 in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of Andrew J. and Lucie (Spitale) Conway. On November 11, 2000 he married Deborah Magliacane at the Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.

Robert lived most of his life in Hasbrouck Heights, where he attended school and went on to graduate Cum Laude from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1981 with a Bachelors’ of Science Degree. For many years, he worked as an Underwriter for the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Company in Newark, New Jersey. In 2002, Robert and Deb moved from Wood-Ridge, New Jersey to their home in Franklin.

Always the joker, Robert really enjoyed making the people around him laugh. He loved working on Lionel Trains with his good friend, Lenny, fixing up and painting the trains. He was also quite an auto mechanic as he owned over 60 cars throughout his life that he would buy to fix up and sell. One of Robert’s greatest passions was being able to live in “Hooterville” Delaware County, as he liked to call it, because of the great beauty of the countryside.

Robert is survived by his loving wife of 11 years, Deborah Conway of Franklin; his mother, Lucie Conway of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey; and his sisters, Barbara Germann and her husband, Henry, of Montclair, New Jersey and Debra Gentile and her husband, Anthony, of Wood-Ridge, New Jersey.

He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Cecelia Magliacane of Port Orange, Florida; his brothers-in law, Frederick Magliacane and his wife, Brenda, of Port Orange and Joseph Magliacane and his wife, Lia, of Howell, New Jersey; his nephew, TJ Gentile; and his nieces, Marissa Gentile, Lindsey Gill, Sydnee Magliacane, and Sofia Magliacane.

Robert was predeceased by his father, Andrew Conway, and his father-in-law, Ferdinand Magliacane.

Friends and family may call from 4pm to 6pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main Street, Oneonta, at which time the family will be receiving guests.

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:15am on Monday, July 2, 2012 at St. Mary’s Church, 39 Walnut Street, Oneonta with the Rev. Ben Ampong, officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Emmons.

In lieu of flowers, Robert’s family requests that contributions please be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.