At the 2007 Annual SIDA dinner, the current and all the past presidents of the club in attendance posed for a photo. From left to right, Nick Popolo, John Lavelle, Phil Blist, Cindy Voorspuy, Mark Herman, Helen Settles, Bob Dunne, Anne Taylor, Shawn Dwyer, Joy Robins, Bob Domina.

At the SIDA Annual Gala Dinner, 2007, with Bob and our dear friend Dan Kramer. I was awarded the Peggy Johnston Club Service Award at this dinner. Bob had been a long time member of the Staten Island Democratic Association, and had served as club president at one time.

Bob was an incredibly kind, generous, thoughtful soul. He would do anything for a friend. He was very dedicated to social justice, and did what he could to help society through his activities as a member of the Democratic Committee of Richmond County, and as an avid member, and past president, of the Staten Island Democratic Association. He volunteered on the Board of Community Health Action, the Staten Island Chamber Music Players, and the Lathrope Voorspuy Memorial Scholarship Board. When our friend Lathrope passed away (the same weekend as his beloved mother), Bob and I were two of the first volunteers to set up a scholarship in Lathrope's memory. We attended the Chamber Music concerts together, and also visited numerous museums, historic homes, and designer show houses. We often took rides down to the Jersey shore, where Bob would tell me about going to Spring Lake as a child with his parents. When on occasion we would take a ride to Princeton, we would take a look at his old school nearby, at Lawrenceville. Bob was an animal lover, and delighted in telling me how his cat Angel would bring him all these little "gifts" -- dead mice, birds, etc. His great passion was golf, and he never could get enough playing it, watching it on TV, going to the driving range. He would tell me about various golf courses at which he had played, and ones he would love to play.

Bob loved going to fine restaurants, and one of his favorite foods was stuffed artichoke. 

Dressed in Mardi Gras purples, 2008

Weekend getaway at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, 2007

At the "All Dems" Holiday Party 2005, all the Staten Island Democratic Clubs had a joint holiday party

What a beautiful site, Anthony.  Thank you for doing this for Bob.  I am Bob's cousin's daughter.  While I have spent almost my entire life in the Midwest, I got to know Bob through many visits to Long Island to see my grandmother. While I did not know where Staten Island was as a child, I knew it was a long journey for him to get from Staten Island to Long Island.  As an adult now, I really appreciate the effort he made in getting to see us when we were in town during his free time.

The last time I saw Bob was at my wedding in South Carolina in 2011.  It was a long drive for him to get to Kiawah, and I am forever grateful that he was able to make the trip and that he was a part of the Rehearsal Dinner as well. I had heard from several family members how excited he was to come. My memories of him at my wedding were seeing him have a great time dancing to a steel drum band (picture attached), knowing he enjoyed the food and cupcakes especially, and seeing him be a part of a more intimate Rehearsal Dinner.  I also remember Bob being in Chicago, where I live now, in about 2003 or 2004 for a conference and calling me to get together.  Unfortunately, we could not get together because I think he was leaving the next day and I had to work, but I'm grateful that he made the effort.  

My last conversation with Bob was in late October 2013.  I will remember him as upbeat and as inquisitive as I had ever known him to be.  In the past week, I've enjoyed hearing some of the stories passed onto me from my Uncle Bill and my mom about Bob.  Lastly, it sounds as if Bob and Anthony were very close, and I'm very grateful for that friendship.

I hope to make the memorial.

Thanks,

Amy Lovett