Second Generation

2. Leo Stephen LOONIE was born on 17 February 1885 in Elmira, NY. He died on 28 July 1943 at the age of 58 in Flushing, NY. He was killed by a subway train at the Flushing station. He graduated from Columbia University as an electrical engineer in 1909. He changed the spelling of his family name to Loomie prior to his graduation from college. He was employed by the city of New York. During the Great Depression, according to his son Leo, he was put on half-pay by the city. Therefore, his sons had to fund their own educations. Loretta F. MURPHY and Leo Stephen LOONIE were married on 15 February 1916 in New York, NY. The family home for many years while their sons were growing up was at 2671 Marion Avenue in the Bronx. In a 1939 Costa Rican cruise-ship manifest, both Leo and Loretta gave their birth years two years later than listed here, though their son Albert's birthdate was correct.

3. Loretta F. MURPHY was born on 30 March 1889 in New York, NY. She died on 13 April 1960 at the age of 71 in New York, NY. She died of cancer.

Children were:

1	i.	Dr. Leo Stephen LOOMIE Jr.
	ii.	Edward R. LOOMIE Esq was born on 18 August 1918 in New York, NY. He died on 26 October 2007 at the age of 89 in Seaford, NY. He graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1948. He practiced law in New York City and Seaford, Long Island where he specialized in real estate matters.
	iii.	Rev. Dr. Albert J. LOOMIE S.J. was born on 29 July 1922 in Bronx, NY. He died on 12 November 2002 at the age of 80 in Bronx, NY. "Uncle Al" attended Fordham Prep in the Bronx and began his studies for the priesthood at the Jesuit Noviate of St. Andrew-on-Hudson in Hyde Park, NY (which is now the main building of the CIA ... Culinary Institute of America). He received his BA from Loyola University of Chicago, studied philosophy and theology as Jesuit seminaries in Indiana and Maryland, and received his PhD from London University. He joined the Fordham University faculty in 1958 and rose to being a full Professor and History Department Chair. His academic focus was the study of English Catholic exiles in Spain during the Elizabethan era. He retired in 1993 and remained a part of the Fordham Jesuit community as a Professor Emeritus. He died of latent leukemia after a short illness. His funeral mass was conducted by the entire Jesuit community of Fordham University in their chapel, and he was laid to rest in the Jesuit cemetery in Poughkeepsie, NY. The Loomie Prize is awarded annually, in his memory, to the best seminar paper produced by a graduate student in Fordham's History Department.