Robert Francis Maslan, 87, formally of Center Road, Cornish died Friday morning, January 30, 2009, at Elmwood Center of Claremont after a long illness.  He was born in New York City and raised in Brooklyn, NY on September 26, 1921 the son of Francis J. and Sophie (Malotta) Maslan.

He was a veteran of World War II having served as a 1^st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army serving with the 23rd General Hospital Unit. He served in the European and North African Theater.  It was there that he met his wife Mary.  After the army, they returned to New York then moved to Malverne, NY and Norwalk, CT where he worked as a plant manager for Baldwin Technology in Stamford, CT.  Bob and his wife Mary moved to Cornish, NH in 1980. He was a member of the Frank J. Ruddock VFW Post #1073 of Malverne, NY.  He was a communicant of St. Joseph Church and served on many committees for the church.  He was a member of the Grange of Cornish #25, a twenty-two year member of the Claremont Elks lodge #879 and a member of the Knights of Columbus 3^rd Degree Council #1820.  He was a past Cornish town selectman from 1992 to 2004.  Bob was a lifetime member of the Cornish Volunteer Fire Department and a past president of the Cornish Fire Department Association. He was also a member of the Malverne Volunteer Fire Department.

Bob will always be remembered for collecting quarters at church before Mass started and enjoyed playing Santa Claus at many Christmas parties.

He married Mary C. (Russell) on August 3, 1946 and she died on October 10, 1991. He was also predeceased by a sister Marie Kirschner and close companion of many years Margaret Kenyon.

He is survived by his five sons; Robert F. Maslan Jr. and his wife Suzann and their children Catherine and Joseph of Norwalk, CT, Leo P. Maslan and his wife Kathleen and their children Fritz and Peter of Cornish, NH, Joseph R. Maslan and his partner Stephen of Fairfield, CT, Jeffrey R. Maslan and his wife Stacey and their children Bill, Jason and Jesse of Coral Springs, FL and Jerome A. Maslan and his wife Amy and their children Elisabeth and Tori of Claremont, NH.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Eleven O’clock at St. Joseph Church with Rev. Stanley J. Piwowar, Pastor, officiating.  Interment will follow in St. Mary Cemetery with full military honors provided by the Claremont American Legion Post 29.

A reception will follow. 

Friends may call at the Stringer Funeral Home, 146 Broad Street, Claremont, NH, Friday, afternoon and evening from 2-4 and 6-8 pm.

The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to The Mary Maslan Art Fund c/o The Cornish Elementary School, Attn. Dale Lawrence, 274 Townhouse Road, Cornish, NH, 03745.