Bob was a very good friend for more than 45 years and was a loyal and loving family member. He will be sadly missed by all. Much love to Kathy and the family. Love, Roger Wible.

I've worked with Bob in CompuChem & Wearcheck, USA since 1990. He is very kindhearted, very friendly and well liked by everybody. Every year on our birthdays, he leaves a birthday greetings message by singing a HAPPY BIRTHDAY song on our phones. I will surely miss you Bob and everyone in our Company especially your birthday song. Our thoughts & prayers are with Kathy and your family. Love, Edna Churchill.

After moving to NC in 1983, Bob kindly offered me a job in Standard Lab after joining CompuChem. As a manager, Bob always treated me like a friend and provided guidance whenever I walked in to his office. I learned from Bob how to prepare complicated standards. When I had a heart attack in 2000, Bob stopped by the hospital two or three times to see how I was doing. After my retirement, Bob and I stayed in touch by exchanging birthday wishes. We exchanged Christmas greetings every year. Bob will be in our hearts and memories forever. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. Manhar R. Amin Boston

Kathy, Bob, Peggy and family were our dear neighbors in Valley Estates for many years. Their marriage and character have been exemplary of love, devotion, friendship, and gratitude. They are two of the finest people I have ever known. Their devotion to each other, family and friends surpasses most. Bob will be missed. He was a Godly man loved by many. I love this family. My heartfelt prayers go out to each of you.

Tim - Our hearts go out to you and your entire family during this difficult time. I know your Dad will be greatly missed by those that knew and loved him. We wish you all continued peace and strength in the days and years to come.

Kathy, Bob and family were our dear neighbors in Valley Estates for many years. Their marriage and character have been exemplary of love, devotion, friendship and gratitude. They are two of the finest people I know. Their devotion to each other, family and friends surpasses most. Bob will be missed. He was a Godly man loved by many. I love this family. My heartfelt prayers go out to each of you.

Bob was my manager and mentor for the first third of my career, and impacted my life in so many positive ways. After stepping in a few times in those early years to save me from myself, he patiently imparted just enough guidance and wisdom to allow me to eventually summon those skills on my own. As a manager, parent, or even total stranger, I've caught myself many times through life saying or doing something that was plucked directly from Bob's playbook. He was an outstanding scientist, but I've often thought he would have made a great teacher or judge as well. He was able to size up information and situations from all angles, and explain so logically and clearly why one answer or option was better than another. In the course of showing you how your interpretation was flawed, you not only learned the right answer but the right method for deriving it on your own the next time. His analytical skills were frequently applied to inch-thick publications of proposed Federal standards on environmental sampling, testing and quality control, and his written comments would nearly always result in a revision to the government's proposal. This happened so frequently in the early years of environmental analysis that the EPA began giving Bob the first crack at an early draft, well before it was distributed for public comment. When he was done with the first pass, I would review his handwritten comments in the margins, and in this way was able to see exactly what he was looking for and how he measured his wording to address the author's viewpoint persuasively but respectfully. His fingerprints are all over the EPA's Contract Laboratory Program (Superfund) test methods -- methods that were emulated in many other environmental testing programs from that point forward. During those years at the lab, Bob dutifully called every year to sing happy birthday, and when I eventually moved to a different job I began calling other employees as well as my own brothers. My brothers now do this w