In Loving Memory of Robert Boehl, by Penny Evans
May 19, 2021
In Remembrance of Robert M. Boehl
December 15, 1923 to February 8, 2021
97 years old
Bob Boehl will be missed dearly by our family. Bob had many friends and people gravitated toward him because was very friendly and personable, with qualities and morals that were very admirable. Bob was a very respectable and genuine person. Bob reminded me of my grandfather, who was very much like him. I remember first meeting Bob when my son, Robby, started to help him around his home with pulling weeds, and various other jobs. Bob taught my son how to golf. There are many times that my son would help Bob, and then Bob would take my son golfing. Bob talked often about his various jobs in the military and how he served his country. Bob really missed his daughter, Dotty, who was killed in an automobile accident many years ago. Bob took care of his wife, Vivian, for many years in ill health before she went to a nursing home. Once Vivian was in a nursing home, Bob visited her every day and he quickly made close friends with the nurses that worked with Vivian. Bob’s son, Bill, would visit him and spend time with him and help him over the years. Bob had a special way of making friends wherever he went and he appreciated everyone he knew. Bob moved to Kingston, NY to be closer to his niece for a short while, but he moved back to the area he considered home and lived for many years of his life. Bob moved into an apartment in the Klecknersville area and walked to a corner store nearly every day for breakfast. Bob quickly made many friends at the corner store, and he was very special to everyone there. Bob was very good friends with his Pastor who visited him often and spent a great deal of time with him. Everyone looked out for Bob and made sure he was taken care of. It saddens me deeply that I didn’t get to see Bob more in the past year because of the COVID situation. I called and checked in on Bob, and my son, Robby, would also chat with him when I called him. Sadly, we didn’t visit Bob in person like we would have if COVID was not around. When I last reached out to check in on Bob I was not able to reach him and I kept getting a message on his phone. I was able to find out after calling local hospitals that he was a patient at Muhlenberg, but the nurse couldn’t let me know how he was. I asked if I could talk to Bob, so I was transferred to his room and he sounded so very weak and sick. I wish I would have been able to talk to Bob one last time before he became so sick because I am still saddened by how he sounded during my last call to him. I am so sad that such a wonderful man passed away in such a terrible way, without any loved ones by his side, as so many have during this pandemic. I sent balloons and a teddy bear to Bob’s room the morning of the day he passed away, with a note for the nurse to read to Bob to let him know we loved him. I wanted Bob to feel some comfort in knowing how much we cared about him. Bob was a very special person and he will be missed so much by so many people. Bob is at peace now and will be laid to rest alongside of his wife, Vivian, in New York. Bob is with Vivian and his daughter, Dotty, again. May he rest in peace.
With Love, Penny Evans
December 15, 1923 to February 8, 2021
97 years old
Bob Boehl will be missed dearly by our family. Bob had many friends and people gravitated toward him because was very friendly and personable, with qualities and morals that were very admirable. Bob was a very respectable and genuine person. Bob reminded me of my grandfather, who was very much like him. I remember first meeting Bob when my son, Robby, started to help him around his home with pulling weeds, and various other jobs. Bob taught my son how to golf. There are many times that my son would help Bob, and then Bob would take my son golfing. Bob talked often about his various jobs in the military and how he served his country. Bob really missed his daughter, Dotty, who was killed in an automobile accident many years ago. Bob took care of his wife, Vivian, for many years in ill health before she went to a nursing home. Once Vivian was in a nursing home, Bob visited her every day and he quickly made close friends with the nurses that worked with Vivian. Bob’s son, Bill, would visit him and spend time with him and help him over the years. Bob had a special way of making friends wherever he went and he appreciated everyone he knew. Bob moved to Kingston, NY to be closer to his niece for a short while, but he moved back to the area he considered home and lived for many years of his life. Bob moved into an apartment in the Klecknersville area and walked to a corner store nearly every day for breakfast. Bob quickly made many friends at the corner store, and he was very special to everyone there. Bob was very good friends with his Pastor who visited him often and spent a great deal of time with him. Everyone looked out for Bob and made sure he was taken care of. It saddens me deeply that I didn’t get to see Bob more in the past year because of the COVID situation. I called and checked in on Bob, and my son, Robby, would also chat with him when I called him. Sadly, we didn’t visit Bob in person like we would have if COVID was not around. When I last reached out to check in on Bob I was not able to reach him and I kept getting a message on his phone. I was able to find out after calling local hospitals that he was a patient at Muhlenberg, but the nurse couldn’t let me know how he was. I asked if I could talk to Bob, so I was transferred to his room and he sounded so very weak and sick. I wish I would have been able to talk to Bob one last time before he became so sick because I am still saddened by how he sounded during my last call to him. I am so sad that such a wonderful man passed away in such a terrible way, without any loved ones by his side, as so many have during this pandemic. I sent balloons and a teddy bear to Bob’s room the morning of the day he passed away, with a note for the nurse to read to Bob to let him know we loved him. I wanted Bob to feel some comfort in knowing how much we cared about him. Bob was a very special person and he will be missed so much by so many people. Bob is at peace now and will be laid to rest alongside of his wife, Vivian, in New York. Bob is with Vivian and his daughter, Dotty, again. May he rest in peace.
With Love, Penny Evans