Longtime area resident, Bobby Blossom
by Tiffany Elliott
      Longtime Babylon and Bay Shore resident Robert "Bobby" Blossom died Nov. 1, 2008. He was 86 years old. He was born in New York City to Edna and Sumner Blossom. When he was two years old, his family moved to a home on Woodsome Road in Babylon. He graduated from Babylon High School, Deerfield Academy and Tufts University.
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James Drake, formerly of West Islip
by Tiffany Elliott
      Longtime West Islip resident James Drake died on Oct. 20, 2008 at his home in St. James. He was 81. Born Nov. 7, 1926 in Brooklyn to Clarence and Josephine (nee Reddy), he served as a corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Philippines. For 18 years, he lived on Sequams Lane in West Islip, before moving to Southold and later to St. James.
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