I fear I am just seeing this after receiving an e-mail that was supposedly from Bob last week. I decided to look for him online and saw he flew into Jesus' arms last year. I am so sorry for your loss. We thought the world of him as a man and an artist. Our first contact with Bob was in 1986. He had paintings displayed at a gallery in Durango where we were living at the time. I contacted him and commissioned him to paint a mountain scene from our area for our 10th wedding anniversary. Today it is still the focal point in our living room. Then, in 2011 we approached him again to paint another mountain scene, this time as a wedding gift for our son and his bride! The wedding was in Crested Butte on the mountain where there are 360-degree views. That beautiful painting hangs in my son & daughter-in-law's living room. We will forever remember Bob for his talent, warm smile, amiable personality, and e-mailed jokes!! We were blessed to have known him. No doubt he is resting in peace! God's peace to you.
Sincerely, Connie & Don Fazzan

So many wonderful times with Bob and Irene. I’ll never forget the fun golf tournaments In their mountain home. Rip Bob

I must word this quite carefully so as not to cause consternation but it is a memory which to me epitomizes the man.
Attending a wedding of one of he many cousins I wore a hot pink pant suit I had made. It was silk material, open backed and sleeveless. My mother thought it too riske and I was admittedly nervous as it was daring (and dare I say braless ;)? LOL).
Uncle Bob was the first to greet me and his words, while lost the in the exactness, remain in my heart. He took my hand, buzzed my cheeks and asked who the ravishing heartbreaker in the eye catching pantsuit was. He made me feel special, and beautiful and gave me confidence. For which I have ever been grateful.
And I still have the pantsuit even though it has not fit even one leg in decades, sentiment has not let me let it go.
The world was a more beautiful place because of you Uncle.

I was so blessed that Uncle Robert and Aunt Irene included me in their lives when I had no one else when I moved back to Colorado. Uncle Robert had a lot of sayings and I like this one on marriage. Your job is to make sure your spouse is happy and vice versa. It must have worked. They were married over 60 years.

Football, baseball, hockey, tennis, golf, hiking, skiing, sailing --only a few of Bob's many athletic interests and passions.  I owe my lifelong interest and participation in sports to him, as my father was not athletically minded. He influenced not only his children but also his children's friends! Thank you, Mr. Wogrin, for your love of sports and the effect you had in my life and now the lives of my children and grandchildren.

A dear friend loved by everyone. Bob was a great man with such great talent. Many laughs playing bridge with our group of 8 at his home in the Mountains.