Robert B. Kullman, 93

Longtime Ocean Beach Club member and World War II veteran Robert B. Kullman died on Jan. 7 in Pompano Beach. Fla. He was 93.
Born in Manhattan on Nov. 23, 1920, Kullman’s family moved to the Five Towns, where he graduated from Woodmere High School in 1939. He earned a degree from Fordham University in 1943.
He served his country during World War II and was honorably discharged as a master staff sergeant. After the war, Kullman joined his father in the commodity market, working in New York’s financial district.
Woodmere High classmate Edyth DeBaun said she maintained a friendship with Kullman for many years and remembers him as a “favorite classmate with a lot of school spirit.” “He lived in Woodsburgh,” DeBaun said, “when he was 16 he got a yellow convertible Cadillac for birthday. He was a great hunter. He loved to hunt in South Africa. When he moved to Florida he built a room just for the trophies he got.”
A very active member of the Ocean Beach Club in Atlantic Beach for 40 years, he retired with the honorific chairman emeritus. Kullman was also a member of Game Coin, the African Safari club, Safari Club International, EAL Silver Liners, the American Legion and Elks BPOE 1898 in Pompano Beach.
Kullman is survived by his wife, Dorothy Schroeder Kullman, nephews Jerry Brettner, Leigh Schroeder and Scott Schroeder and niece Lynda Gould.
There was a service at Kraeer Funeral Home in Pompano Beach on Jan. 11. A graveside service was held at Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington on Jan. 13.