Birth date: Dec 20, 1937 Death date: Oct 26, 2018
Robert A. Fowler of Las Colinas in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida passed away on Friday, October 26, 2018 at the age of 80 years. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Robert proudly served his country in the US Marine Corp. in Vietnam. H Read Obituary
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My Dear Dad, The memories of your kind and welcoming smile will be forever in my eyes. The sounds of your encouraging and thoughtful words will forever be in my mind. The presence of your brave & fighting spirit will forever be in my soul. Your protecting and fatherly love will always remain in my heart. The sky is vast and my love for you will follow you and always be by your side. I will love you forever. Your loving daughter, Cindi
PS. Y.I.T B. Semper Fi & Love & Honor forever.
Dear Dad, The memories of your kind and welcoming smile will be forever in my eyes. The sounds of your encouraging and thoughtful words will forever be in my mind. The presence of your brave & fighting spirit will forever be in my soul. Your protecting and fatherly love will always remain in my heart. The sky is vast and my love for you will follow you and always be by your side. Your loving daughter, Cindi
PS. Y.I.T B. Semper Fi & Love & Honor forever.
I have so many fun memories of Bob. My favorite times were spent on Block Island. He helped my children learn to swim.
He would take them to the pool after the beach and spend time with them so that my husband and I could have a drink and get ready to go out to dinner with the family. He used to laugh at me when I tried clean sand off the baby. He and my husband used to take a day and go to the casino. He had a great laugh and a wonderful inner child. We will miss him so very much.
Hi Bob. I'm trying to make my fast passes for Disney World and it's not working. Oh well. What's really getting to me is that typically at this time of year, in addition to planning fast passes, I'm planning in my head what day I think you'll come and spend with us. Don't worry about whether you have a fast pass or not. We'll get you in. We always get you in.
I remember the first time I met you. It was at your 70th birthday party. A joyous occasion, thrown by Aunt Carol in your honor in NYC. In the blink of an eye, we were celebrating your 80th birthday. In between, much time was spent with you in FL at Disney during Thanksgiving time, Christmas, and Block Island, which is the last time I saw you. I didn't think it would be the last time I saw you.
My cheeks are warm with tears, and no, they are not "crocodile tears". They're all too real.
There are some things I can't stop thinking about. Your Santa hat. Thanksgiving mornings that were ours while the others were out golfing. How kind you were to my children.
I never thought that I would be one for collecting Disney pins. The lanyards. The pins. The weight of it. Until you gifted pins to my children one year. And every year thereon out. Now Amelia has a lanyard full of pins. And just like that, my perspective has changed. They're pretty. They're cool. I find myself "borrowing" them for my own denim jacket. I think we will find a new pin each year to add to the collection in your memory.
Last thing to share, I promise! A couple of years ago, on Valentine's Day, a package showed up in the mail for Amelia & Brandon. The contents were an electric shaver for Brandon, and a beautiful necklace for Amelia. We pored over the card for a minute, trying to decipher the handwriting inside, and we finally recognized it as Bob's. It wasn't from Bob and Aunt Carol mind you, but clearly from Bob. I will never forget that surprise and the smiles it put on all of our faces.
I will miss you Bob. Thanksgiving, Disney, Christmas, Block Island, the 5 food groups and all of our crocodile tears put together can't even begin to sum up my love and gratitude for you. Thank you for the happiness you brought to me and my family, and for all of the memories. For opening up your home and your heart to me, to us.
Love you Bob.
Fun at Disney with Craig, Jasmine, Amelia and Brandon!
I was lucky enough to have Bob in my life for the last 25 years. The greatest lesson Bob taught any of us was the 5 food groups of Disneyworld....Candy, Soda, Hot Dogs, Ice Cream and Popcorn. I’ll always remember the way he used to just meet us in Disney with no cell phone (not even the jitterbug) and no clue where we were and we would walk out of a ride and boom he was there. Or the way he would force us to sit through the Country Bear Jamboree even at 23 years old (Mostly because we knew he loved it) But, what I’ll remember most is the way he would light up a room just by walking in it and the way he acted like a grandfather to my brothers and I even though he wasn’t. To say you’ll be missed Bobert is an understatement. Have a Long Island with Danny for me.
