Lucy Brown (Barry) Robe (1934 - 1996)

Born 15 Jan 1934 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Robert Samuel Robe Jr. — married 6 Feb 1971 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Died 13 Mar 1996 at age 62 in Broward, Florida, United States

Biography

Lucy was the daughter of Herbert Barry Jr. and Lucy Brown.

At age 6 in 1940, Lucy was living in Cambridge, Massachusetts with Herbert Barry age 41 b NY and Louise, age 34 b France. Her brother Herbert Barry was age 9 b NY; her sister Patricia Barry was age 8 b Mass.^[1]

She was the second wife of Robert Samuel Robe.

"The future bride is the daughter of Dr. Herbert Barry Jr. and Mrs. Manning Barry, both of Boston, and a granddaughter of the late Manning Brown, a New York architect. Mr. Robe is the son of the late Mr. Robe of Far Hills, N. J., and the late Mrs. Helen Ewald Robe of New York.

Miss Barry, a writer and former theatrical production assistant on Broadway, was presented at the Debutante Cotillion in Boston and graduated with the class of ‘55 from Radcliffe College. She is the author of a novel for young adults, “Stagestruck Secretary,” published by William Morrow and in paper back by Lancer Books.

Her father is a psychiatrist affiliated with the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School. Her fiancé's father owned a textile firm.

Mr. Robe, a yachtsman, is president of the Robodor Corporation, yacht charterers and brokers with offices in New York and Grenada, W.I. An alumnus of the Lawrenceville School, class of ‘49, and the University of Virginia, class of ‘56, he did graduate work in history at the University of Paris. During the Korean war he served, with the Marine Corps. His marriage ended in divorce.^[2]

Books by Lucy Barry Robe:

• Stagestruck Secretary, 1966
• Just So It's Healthy: New Evidence that Drinking and Drugs Can Harm Your Unborn Baby
• Haunted Inheritance
• Co-Starring Famous Women and Alcohol
• Blackouts and Alcoholism, 1990

She was a member of the Authors Guild of America and American Medical Writers Association. She was also a New York drama critic.

Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the American Theater.

Obit. through website of ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine). Mrs. Robe was founder and editor of ASAM News and had a life-long interest in the field of alcoholism and its treatment. The several obits. collected at this site differ as to cause of death (heart attack vs. emphysema). Includes portrait photo.

Robert and Lucy were the parents of one daughter (living).

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VJ-HNG : 10 January 2021), Lucy Barry in household of Herbert Barry, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-79, sheet 61B, line 52, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1685.
2. ↑ New York Times, 3 Jan 1971, page 64. https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/03/archives/robert-robe-jr-and-lucy-barry-to-be-married.html

• *"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVCJ-85W : 25 December 2014), Lucy Brown Robe, 13 May 1996; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 59831, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J57S-ZMK : 10 January 2021), Lucy B Robe, 13 May 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTQ-X3L4 : accessed 8 September 2021), Mrs Lucy B Robe, Florida, United States, 15 May 1996; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Palm Beach Post, The, born-digital text.