Gaynor, Lawrence Dod

1955 - 1995  (40 years)

• Name	Gaynor, Lawrence Dod  [1, 2]
  Born	21 Jan 1955	Port Chester, Westchester, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Sep 1995	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Obituary for Lawrence D. Gaynor (Aged 40)	29 Sep 1995	Boston, Massachusetts   [5]
  Buried	Sharon Memorial Park, Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I24526	Our Family
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Gaynor, Albert Jacob,   b. 2 Feb 1926, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 31 Jan 2007  (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eagan, Caroline
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F9285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kaufman, Brenda
  Children	1. Gaynor, Amanda Lee   2. Gaynor, Adam Michael
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F9283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lawrence D. Gaynor, 40, chief of the organized crime strike force in the U.S. attorney's office in Rhode Island, died yesterday at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He was the husband of Brenda (Kaufman) Gaynor and lived on President Avenue. Mr. Gaynor had been a federal prosecutor since 1989. From 1987 to 1989, he served in the Rhode Island attorney general's office as an assistant attorney general and deputy chief of the criminal division. Born in Port Chester, N.Y., a son of Caroline E. Gaynor of Miami, Fla., and Albert J. Gaynor of San Diego, Calif., he lived in Providence since 1986. Mr. Gaynor attended the Rye Country Day School and Phillips Andover Academy. He graduated from Harvard University and from the George Washington University Law School in 1981. He was an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's office from 1981 to 1984, and was a lawyer with Sherman & Sterling in New York from 1984 to 1986. Before his appointment to the Rhode Island attorney general's office, Mr. Gaynor was a lawyer with Tillinghast, Collins & Graham in Providence. He served on the board of Temple Emanu-El and on the board of the United Brothers Synagogue in Bristol. He was a member of the Rhode Island and New York Bar Associations, and was a fund-raiser for Phillips Andover Academy. In a statement, U.S. Attorney Sheldon Whitehouse said, "Larry loved America and its institutions, and lived out our highest principles of justice. He brought a gentleness and care to an often harsh profession that made him especially admired by all who knew him." Besides his wife and parents he leaves a son, Adam Michael Gaynor; a daughter, Amanda Lee Gaynor, both at home; a sister, Robin A. Gaynor of Wellesley, Mass., and a brother, Alan E. Gaynor of Riverside, Conn. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Temple Emanu-El, Morris Avenue. Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park in Sharon, Mass.

  
  

• Sources

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