James J. Conlin, Jr.

James Conlin of Wakefield, RI, died peacefully on February 21 at age 92. He was born in Jersey City in 1922 to Katherine Roach Conlin and James Conlin, Sr. He had a younger brother Robert. Jim was educated at St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, and was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. He served in the Pacific theater in World War II on the USS Leyte and the USS Noble. Jim married Vera Hoopmann of Union, NJ in 1946. They had a very happy and devoted marriage until Vera’s death in 2007, raising five children. They shared a love for dogs. Jim worked in the oil industry as an engineer and a contract negotiator. Jim loved reading and listening to music, especially opera and jazz, and was a natural athlete. He was very funny and charming, and a true gentleman. Jim was a wonderful father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and is survived by his five children Jim (Kathy), Bill (Kathy), Nora (Chris), John (Mary) and Peter, eight grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter. Jim was a man of strong faith and character. There was no one quite like him, and he will be greatly missed. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, March 6, at 10:30 am in St. Francis of Assisi Church, 114 High Street, Wakefield, RI. Burial with military honors will follow in the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter. Visiting hours are respectfully omitted.