Obituary of Vincent Raymond Larkin

Professor of Philosophy and Logic, Vincent Larkin II went to his eternal award on Monday morning in Palo Alto. A 10 year resident of Menlo Park and a 30 year resident of Los Altos, he is survived by his only son Vincent Larkin 111 and his sister Agnes Marozan of Orlando Fl and cousins Bill Larkin of Philadelphia and Connie kane of Atlanta Ga He is preceaded in death by the love of his life Constance M. Larkin professor of Nursing and his Brother Robert and Parents Alma and Vincent Larkin of Riverdale and the Bronx New York. A graduate of Good Shephard Parochial school, Towns and Harris High School,The City College of New York and Columbia University. He taught Philosophy and Logic at Manhattan College, Columbia, Villanova, Loyola of Los Angeles and several junior of private colleges in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served as Captain of the Port Authority in New York during the war and taught many Gi's night school as part of the GI bill program.He taught at Columbia when General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the University President. Devoted to the classics of Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Augustine as well as modern Thomas Aquinas philosophers (known as Thomists) such as Jacque Maritan. He was a colleague and friend of Dietrich Von Hidlebrand of Florence and became a Phenomonologist. He met the love of his life Connie Larkin at Villanova University and they had one son Vince out in California. They came to California as part of the Master Plan of California Higher Education. He spoke German, Latin, enjoyed music, singing, writing, the outdoors, baseball, stickball, the mountains, swimming and a good Scotch at the pub. He was a staunch defender of God and Country and the benefits of a classical and liberal arts education for all. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday February 20 at 11 am at Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park. Fr. Michael Healy presiding. He will be laid to rest in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos and a celebration of his life will be followed at Fiddlers Green Irish Pub in Millbrae.




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