Obituary for
Robert C. Edwards
Robert C. Edwards, 86, of White Plains, died Tuesday November 29, at White Plains Hospital after a long illness. He had just enjoyed Thanksgiving weekend at home with his beloved family.
Born on March 9, 1930, in Connellsville, PA to Donald W. Edwards and Edna Edwards (nee Wrote), Bob was raised in Uniontown, PA with his sister, Dorothy. After graduating from Uniontown Senior High School, Bob earned a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1952 and an M.B.A. from New York University in 1955. Bob served as First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict, where he was a Disbursement Officer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Bob was a pioneering investment manager on Wall Street who began his career in 1960 as an analyst and portfolio manager at Van Strum & Towne. In 1965 he became Vice President of Tsai Management, where he was a Portfolio Manager and a Director of The Manhattan Fund, one of history’s most notable and successful mutual funds. After the sale of the Manhattan Fund in 1973 to CNA Financial, Bob founded investment advisory firm Winslow Financial Corporation, which he ran until he retired in 2005.
Bob and his wife Ann Edwards (nee Barone) were married in 1960, living in Brooklyn before moving to White Plains with their two children in 1967. All his life Bob enjoyed travelling, attending theater, concerts, movies, and sporting events, and talking about politics. He spent his time in retirement watching the stock market from his designated reclining chair, complaining when the Yankees couldn’t hit, and listening to his favorite jazz musician, Stan Kenton.
He is survived by his wife, Ann; his daughter and son-in-law Diane and Eric Perryman of Grafton, MA; his son and daughter-in-law Donald and Anne Edwards of Chicago, IL; and grandchildren Alexandra, Annabel and Daniel Edwards, and Isabella and Charlotte Perryman. Bob’s family would like to express their sincere, deeply felt appreciation to the staff of White Plains Hospital and to the caring doctors, nurses, and staff who treated and comforted him for many years.
