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Berlin, Robert A.,	8 Jan 2002,	Feb, 2002,	Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star: 1/08/2002
BERLIN, ROBERT A. 

COVINGTON - Robert A. Berlin, 85, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002. He was a native of 
Lake Charles and a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army during World War II. He 
was a graduate of Holy Cross High School and Southeastern Louisiana College. He 
was a member of the Washington Artillery, president of the first St. Tammany 
Planning Commission and the parish engineer. He was also a parishioner of St. 
Maurice Church in Arabi and a Benedictine Oblate of St. Joseph Abbey. He taught 
religious education at St. Peter, St. John the Baptist and St. Benedict churches 
and was active in the St. Peter prayer group. He is survived by four sons, Robert 
D., Richard R., Dennis M., Timothy D.; four daughters, Theresa M. Berlin, Mary Ann 
Genre, Aline McCaughn, Margaret Trapani Soniat; siblings, Daniel S. Berlin, Francis 
X. Berlin; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death 
by his wife, Aline Hayes Berlin; a son, John H. Berlin; and his parents, Frank S. and 
Beulah Champagne Berlin. Visitation will be today from 6 to 9 p.m. at E.J. Fielding 
Funeral Home, 2260 W. 21st Ave., Covington, and Wednesday from 1 p.m. until 
Mass at St. Joseph Abbey, St. Benedict, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations 
may be made to St. Joseph Abbey, St. Benedict, 70457.