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1931
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2020
ROBERT ROLLINGS Obituary
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for ROBERT ROLLINGS
7 Entries
Richard Longley and at least 22 more
December 7, 2020
To Bob Rollings, from his hiking, snowshoeing, canoeing and everywhere friends (some of us for more than 40 years).
3-Finger Bob, we miss you. (You lost two to a power saw when you were an apprentice, laughed it off when you remembered it, became a master of wood thereafter, never messed up again.)
You loved the wilderness and bringing your son Robert with you, to share it with some rum characters - us. You loved especially striding out onto frozen lakes, under the stars, where you could marvel at it all. You were an insatiable traveller who went everywhere your curiosity directed you, on water. land, snow or ice. You explored the Milford Track, the outports of Newfoundland and Labrador, Tycho Brahe’s observatory on his Danish island, Alaska, the Yukon, our favourite, Pukaskwa, and so many other places, lately with your intrepid walker.
At home, you were a wizard among wood turners, a transformer of equations into fantastic, beautiful shapes. In short, you were a marvel. Here’s a tree for you. We hope it looks good to you now and better as it grows older, when it will be ready to yield bits to itself for you to chuck in your lathe, to turn in four dimensions, under the stars.
With thanks for your company and your inspiration, Brien Young, Sally Phillips, David and Micheline Beevis, Alan Douthwaite, June Rowe, Bill Babichuk, William Smith, Gwen van Spall, Donna Parrish, Peter Westaway, Charles Whitlock, Joy Geiger, Magdalene Gerwin, Hal Magner, Johanna Lanfranco, Gloria Hildebrandt, Janet Cowan, Emily Dypac, Andy Kuznik, Scott Campbell, Richard Longley, Maria Pasquino.
Richard Longley, Maria Pasquino
November 30, 2020
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Richard Longley, Maria Pasquino
November 30, 2020
Heather Wiltshire
November 30, 2020
Wonderful Gentleman known for his sense of humour and kindness. A privilege to know him for most of my life. My sincere condolences and love to Debra, Susan, Rob and Glen and their families. Thank you so much for sharing him with us. He will be missed so much.
Heather Wiltshire and Family
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