Robert was a man that cast a large shadow with a contrite spirit. Bob like most young men started out full of wind and vinegar. Joining the navy at a young age; he specialized in under water welding in Korea. His stories were few but, we knew he was proud of the job he had done.

When he had completed his service, he ultimately got a job on the gang in the movie industry starting with the Ten Commandments’’, ultimately advancing to Property Master with Paramount Studio’s working on Get Smart, the original Star Trek, Wild, Wild, West, Full House, Love Boat, his favorite Mission Impossible; to name a few.

His story really begins when he retired and started to serve the lord through the World Team at the Church on the way. Acting as a facilitator for medical mission teams in places like Bulgaria, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. However, his heart was ultimately captured by the children of Cambodia where he took a large group of little one’s for their first hamburger dinner in a restaurant. As his heart grew so did his passion for this ministry by selling a home and building an orphanage and later supplying it with a large generator and bicycles for all.

Also, Robert and Charlotte helped raised their Granddaughter Kristin and allowed Mollie Ringwald to live with them when she was starting her acting career by taking her to her casting call, shoots, and performances. Per her father Robert “Uncle Bob was one of my favorite people. When you say about someone, “He’d give you the shirt off his back”, that applies to Uncle Bob. He would literally do that. He was always ready to help anyone who needed it.”

More to my own heart was that my dad adopted me when I was 30 years old, which was one of the most wonderful days of my life and he waited until my biological father had passed on so he would not hurt his feelings.

Bob’s nickname at the Church on the Way was ‘Slave Bob’ and for good reason. Bob considered the meaning of his life to be in complete service to Christ and doing the Fathers work.

Now as we are all aware Bob loved to talk, sometimes to the point of distraction, but if you paid closed attention his conversations mostly involved the things that are of God, Church on Way, his passion the world medical teams and the man he respected most; Phil Star even though you might have heard the same stories on multiple occasions.

What was the most impressive aspect was how Bob never gave up after his stroke and always had a wonderful attitude. He would love it when I would push him in his wheel chair around the cul de sac. He always had a big smile and never complained. He was truly a man with a giant heart and his life spread a large shadow, blessing people wherever he went.

Thank you for taking the time to help in honoring his life.