Robert T.

Schorr

Robert T. Schorr, a veteran and retired police officer died at 93 years old on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at the East End Hospice Kanas Center in Westhampton, New York. Born February 18, 1926 to Leonard and Louise Schorr in Hempstead, NY, Bob joined the United States Marine Corp shortly after his 17 ^th birthday. Having served in the Marine Corp during WWII from 1943 to 1945 in the VMSB-243 Dive Bomber Squadron, he married the former Charlotte A. Motta in 1947. The couple lived in Hempstead and Amityville, New York where they had two daughters, Christine and Robin. Tragically their eldest daughter Christine died at the age of 14 from a brain tumor. He would go on to have a 27-year career as a police officer for the Hempstead New York Police Department beginning in 1951 and retiring in 1978. Once retired he moved with his wife Charlotte and built a house in Montauk, New York. Never one to sit still, Bob took a job at the Royal Atlantic for many years while starting a caretaking business that is open to this day and is now run by his grandson. Residents for over 40 years, Bob and Charlotte loved Montauk and were well known and respected in the community. After 65 years of marriage, Charlotte passed away in 2012 from cancer. Bob was a Mason, a member of the Lions Club, the Maidstone Gun Club, as well as a member of the Montauk Lighthouse Committee where he spent countless hours volunteering to bring awareness to the protection, preservation and education of the Montauk Lighthouse.

Until his later years in life, Bob enjoyed traveling around the world with his wife and friends. He loved fishing, building fishing poles, the gun range, building and then crashing model airplanes, dining with friends, and making himself useful wherever he was needed in town. He immensely enjoyed his grand and great-grandchildren and was affectionately called by his family as the "Unofficial Mayor of Montauk".

Along with his daughter Robin and son-in-law Roger of Weathersfield, Vermont, he leaves behind three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Viewing hours will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from 11am to 1pm at the Yardley & Pino Funeral Home, 94 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, NY 11937.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial gifts be made in memory of Robert T. Schorr to the Montauk Lighthouse, 2000 Montauk Highway, Montauk, NY 11954 (631) 668-2544 www.montauklighthouse.com .