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Robert A. Gable, age 72, of Toledo, Ohio passed away on June 18, 2015. Robert graduated from Toledo DeVilbiss High School in 1961 and Bowling Green State University with a degree in Music Education in 1966. While attending BGSU, Robert also majored in bassoon and saxophone. He was a professional musician and performed throughout the United States, including in Toledo. Early in his career, he was the assistant band director at Central Catholic High School from 1966-1969 under Director Gerald V. DePrisco. In 2014, Robert was inducted into the Central Catholic High School Music Hall of Fame.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents, John and Mary Gable and his sister, Annette. He is survived by his many friends.
Services for Robert will be held on Friday, July 31, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Ottawa Hills Memorial Park in the Chapel. Entombment will follow. Arrangements by Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, Maumee, OH. Online condolences may be shared at:
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Ron Frybarger
July 21, 2021
To me, he was Uncle Bob, AKA the coolest man in the world. Our family moved to California where I was born in 63 so we didn't get to see him very often. When he joined with Wayne Cochran and the CC Riders, he would send us albums. I listened to them over and over. I was very drawn to Wayne's pain and am not sure how an 8 or 10 year old could relate to songs like 'If I were a Carpenter" but I felt it. When they came to LA we would go see them on the Dina Shore Show and the Michael Douglas Show. One 4th of July the family drove up somewhere far away and we couldn't go to the show but pulled up beside the Tour Bus and he kinda laid propped up by his elbow and was talking to my Dad about when they were going on because my Mom and Dad were going to go see the show. We went to a friend of my Dads for Fire Works and dinner and went to bed. In the middle of the night they came and picked us up. Uncle Bob and his girlfriend rode with us home and I slept on his girlfriends lap. It's a memory I'll never forget. He had such a presence. I will always honor his memory.
Central Catholic Music Hall of Fame 2014
Jim Nowak
August 10, 2015
Central Catholic Music Hall of Fame 2014
Jim Nowak
August 10, 2015
Central Catholic Music Hall of Fame 2014
Jim Nowak
August 10, 2015
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T-Don & Jennifer Capron
August 3, 2015
Bob Gable, what an incredible guy. Bob was a great friend and a great musician. Bob's contribution to music, his family and friends is something that we will always remember and always have with us. You gave us your best Bob. Thank you! Loved you and will miss you. Condolences and prayers to the Bob Gable family and friends.
Jim Nowak
August 2, 2015
Learned about Music theory and saxophone from him. He always were there to help. I have always treasured what I learned from him.
Steve Nowak
July 30, 2015
Bob was an inspiration in many ways to more people than he knew. More than one of us saw him as a teacher, a mentor, a cheerleader, and a friend. Most of all, he was real.
I was able to reconnect with him--at least by phone--over the last year and sent him DVDs of my kids' school band concerts, which he said he enjoyed.
I will miss him.
Ron Frybarger
July 28, 2015
Please disregard that last note I made
Ron Frybarger
July 28, 2015
Bruce Krall, please contact me again with your contact info.
George Joniec
July 28, 2015
Bob was pretty cool to many of us kids at CCHS marching band from 1966- 1969. He was a talented saxaphonist and a pretty decent tennis player (back then). Some forget he was varsity tennis coach at CCHS.
"If you believe in forever...That life is just a one-night stand... If there's a rock 'n roll heaven, well you know they've got a helluva band". Get your axe back out Bob.
Bruce Krall
July 28, 2015
R.I.P. Bob. I'll Really miss you!
July 28, 2015
Bob was a good friend from McKinley and DeVilbiss.
Darrell Stevens
Eric Langstaff
July 27, 2015
Bob was a force on any bandstand. I was there when he left the Riders and told us he would show up un-announced, and we had better be on our game. He meant it, and we were all better for it.
My condolences to the family and Bob's many friends.
Bob Gable a great Musician and Saxman
Dave McDonagh
July 27, 2015
Bob was my mentor while in High School and after to know and appreciate Jazz and other styles of music. He will be missed by all. What a great friend who is now jammin' with the angels in heaven.
Ramona Collins
July 27, 2015
Bob and I used to have many conversations about life and music. He was a wonderful musician, and one of my favorite cats. Rest in peace my friend.
Mike Palmieri
July 27, 2015
When Bob joined CC Riders, he became the shining example of what it meant to always play with intensity and swing hard. A great Player and friend with huge heart.
Ed Boldt
July 27, 2015
Bob was the anchor on our Memorial Lutheran Church softball team at catcher almost 60 years ago, along with Bob Trost and John Patterson, now also gone. A wonderful boyhood friend.
Harold Pierce
July 27, 2015
loved playing with you on the Riders, amazing energy, unique sense of humor, great guy, hell of a bari man. RIP my friend.
Steven Jay Athanas
July 27, 2015
Cynthia Chen
July 27, 2015
Robert Gable was one of my great mentors in music. He influenced many of us New Orleans musicians. He will be sorely missed...
Tony DeCaprio
July 27, 2015
Bob and I roomed together when I first joined the CC Riders between '71 and '72. I was young and inexperienced. He opened my eyes to many things regarding both music and life. He helped me to persevere and so that's what I did. these few words can hardly make a dent in what I owe to Bob Gable.
Allyn Robinson
July 26, 2015
RIP my friend. I will always smile when I think of you. Thanks for making my life that much more richer.....
Kenny Cordray
July 26, 2015
Bob was a major influence on me.The world is alot less funky without him.
July 26, 2015
Bob was a great musician and person. I am so glad that i had the pleasure of working with him when I worked with Wayne Cochran and the CC Riders as a Sheer Delight. R.I.P buddy.
Hap Smith
July 26, 2015
Worked with Bob and the C.C. Riders. He played great Bari and was one of a kind. He garnered lots of respect for his musicianship.
July 26, 2015
Bob Gable had the same heart and soul as all the greats that I have admired over the years. An exceptional musician as well as an exceptional spirit.RIP
Ron Frybarger
July 26, 2015
Uncle Bob was my hero growing up. One of my best memories was seeing him with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders in Fort Wayne Indiana when I was 11. I grew up listening to their records and will continue to do so. I wish I could have talked to him one more time...
Bob Gable R.I.P.
Steven Jay Athanas
July 26, 2015
Bob lived next door to me on St Bernard in the Colony, when I was a wee one. I would hear him playing his sax all the time and it was him that introduced me to rock'n'roll - for better or worse. Imagine my surprise when I moved back to Toledo to re-hook up with The Homewreckers, and Bob was holdin' down the sax chair. No apartment door on Put-In-Bay was safe from Bob.
July 26, 2015
Lenny Jenkins
July 26, 2015
An old friend that brings back many great memories. RIP, Bob
Johnny Newmark
July 26, 2015
I was honored to play with Bob in a group for several years. He was a great guy, and a great sax player. RIP Bob.
Johnny Newmark
July 26, 2015
I was honored to play in a group with Bob for many years. He was a great guy, and a great sax player. RIP.
July 26, 2015
Tobi
July 26, 2015
My friend and mentor, we will miss you. May you rest in peace.
Jeffrey Shriner
July 26, 2015
Bob took me under his wing in high school and then at BGSU and introduced me to the great jazz players. He was a great tenor man who also mastered bassoon. He had a passion for music seldom seen.
July 26, 2015
Rest in Peace Bob. So many great memories.
Your childhood friend
Dan Simrell
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