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Aug 25, 1934 - Sep 5, 2018
My deepest sympathies to Susan, Pam, Bobby and Audra, I have such great memories of Bob.
Pat Scholz
September 15, 2018 | 4 Park Lane, NY | Family
Our heartfelt condolences. Pam and Bobby, your father was a great guy. He will be sorely missed. Love, Ralph and Camille and Debbie And Al Johnson
Ralph Heil
September 14, 2018 | Shirley, NY | Family
Love you Pop Pop.
Rebecca Krug
September 14, 2018 | Hamburg, NY | Grandchild
I met Bob at a Family lunch when I was visiting the school as a place to help our daughter. The tour was informative but watching Bob and his dear wife Susan deal with a group of kids at lunch with more issues than one can count, I was sold. His impact on so many troubled kids was unparalleled. I mourn his death but I rejoice in the memories of how he helped my kid and so many others. Rest In peace, you wonderful man.
Bob VanStry
September 12, 2018 | North Port, FL | Friend
Sending deepest sympathy to Bob's family in his loss. We were friends & did some business together back in his contracting days near Rock Hill in Sullivan County. I always remember him when I pass by the house he built on Old 17 near Masten Lake. May you all be blessed with peace and comfort always. Joyce Salimeno-Gitlin
Joyce Salimeno-Gitlin
September 12, 2018 | Masten Lake, Wurtsboro, NY | Friend
Sending my condolences.
Brenda deGraw
September 10, 2018 | Deposit,, NY | Friend
Robert J. Runge, Sr. of Hancock, NY passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at the age of 84. His wife and dog “Skippy,” were at his side.
Bob is survived by his wife Susan, son Robert Runge, Jr., daughters Pam Berman and Audra Towsley, step-children Lynn Wray Grant and John Wray, grandchildren Jacob, Rebecca, Seth, Logan, Jordan, Shawn, Aidan and one great-grand-child, Abigail. Born on August 25, 1934 to the late Emma Scholz and Gerhardt Runge in Nyack, NY, he graduated from Pearl River High School in 1952, and earned an AAS degree in Agricultural Engineering from Alfred State College in 1954. Bob had a 20-year career in construction contracting and real estate. In 1991, he changed careers to serve as Admissions Director and Human Relations Director at The Family Foundation School, a private residential school for high-risk adolescents. He loved the outdoors, engaging in hunting, fishing, hiking and riding horses before gradually losing his sight in the 1990s. Bob was admired for his acceptance and uncomplaining attitude under the most difficult of circumstances. His easy-going manner and contagious love for life made others comfortable and earned him the title, “Uncle Bob.”
All are welcome to join in a celebration of his life on Saturday, September 15, from 4-6 PM, at Henderson- Biedekapp Funeral Chapel, 29 East Main Street, Hancock, NY 13783.
Memorial contributions can be made to Christ of the Hills Retreat House, P.O. Box 55, Lakewood, PA 18439 or to the Humane Society, 2 Jackson Street, Binghamton, NY 13903.
Arrangements by Henderson-Biedekapp Funeral Chapel, Hancock, NY.
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