In Memory, Bob Slater

Bob was kind and gentle and shy, frugal but generous, loving and loyal. Everyone liked Bob. He was just a very sweet, smart and understanding man. He loved his children, Andrea and Kyle and his grandsons, Alex, Gabriel and Michael and of course, his wife, Joyce.

When he first saw Joyce at work, he confided to his best friend that he would one day marry her. And he did but it took a while.

He loved his MU tigers, though he would watch just about any football, basketball or baseball game. Handball was his sport until he had to have a few joints replaced.

He read everything from Mad Magazine to archeology to mysteries to his favorite German newspaper (He was fluent in German). He loved history and the funny papers.

Bob always had pets. He rescued dogs and cats, and he claimed the owls in the yard as his own. He had a particular fondness for Beagles.

He will be greatly missed because he was greatly loved.