Dr. Hans Robert Bloink, 85, died on Sunday, July 19, 2009, at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 10 a.m. at Higgins Home for Funerals, 752 Mountain Blvd., Watchung. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Entombment is at Somerset Hills Memorial Park, Basking Ridge. To send condolences go to www.higginsfuneralhome.com. Born in Plettenburg, Germany, Dr. Bloink moved to the United States when he was 5-years-old and resided in Roselle and Elizabeth before settling in Watchung 25 years ago. He attended the Citadel in South Carolina for two years before being called into active duty in the United States Army during World War II. After the war he received his B.S. degree from Rutgers University and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He received his medical degree from the Long Island College of Medicine in 1948. As a German speaking intern, he was once asked to speak to an unknown German patient who was thought to be homeless. After Dr. Bloink had successfully treated him, it was discovered that the patient was Albert Einstein. During the Korean Conflict, he served as a captain in the United States Air Force. In the 1950s he was a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners and in 1964 he was an FAA medical examiner. In the early 1960s he started the Men’s Health Club at the YMCA in Elizabeth. He became a private pilot in 1963. In 1968 he ran a seaplane base in Port Elizabeth. He was a member of the Civil Air Patrol in the ’70s and ’80s. Dr. Bloink was the doctor for the city of Elizabeth for 20 years. Among his many and varied interests were physical fitness, swimming, boating, collecting antique cars and traveling to the Caribbean. He was also a licensed pilot and a ham radio operator. Above all he loved and devoted his life to his wife, family and his two beloved dogs. Surviving are his wife of 42 years, Marily H. Bodamer Bloink; his children, Barbara Bloink Manahan, Esq., and her husband, The Honorable Thomas Manahan; Robin Bloink Ventura, Esq., and her husband, Michael Ventura, Esq.; Hans R. Bloink Jr. and his wife, Beth Bloink; James B. Bloink and his wife, Liz Bloink; Donna L. Bloink; Kristan Bloink Gottmann and her husband, Steven H. Gottmann, Esq., and Heidi Bloink Alport and her husband, Robert J. Alport; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and two nieces, Kim Long and Karen Jones. Tags: 1945
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