Robert B. Hungerford

Love you Uncle Bob and miss you. God Bless!

My condolences to Bob's family and friends. I was a piano student of his in the early 1970s. He was a talented pianist, an excellent teacher, and a kind, hard-working man with a fun sense of humor. To this day, I think of him when I practice technical drills and play Chopin! May he rest in peace. ❤

As a young child, I first met Bob at Priscilla Lee Baker's Studio of Dance in Glens Falls where I took tap dancing lessons. I heard Bob play piano and he sometimes participated in ballroom dancing lessons. He was quiet at that time. Later on, I met him again when I was a teenager at Storytown, USA. Bob played the "Rinky Tink" piano ( metal thumb tacks gave the piano a distinctive "old time" sound) for the five-times-a-day show in Dan McGrew's Saloon in what was then Ghost Town. My...

I send my condolences to Bob's family. I taught with Bob at Winona State for two years, from 1993 until his retirement. Bob accompanied me in voice/piano collaborations, and he taught my daughter piano lessons after his retirement. We shared many lovely moments - laughs in the hallway outside our studios, a few dinners, drinks, and pleasant camaraderie. His sense of humor and sweet smile are such fond memories.

I served as Director of Music/Organist at Central (now Wesley) United Methodist Church in Winona from 1967-1995. I also was on the faculty of Winona State University in a limited capacity and gave organ and piano lessons through the Music Department there. I remember Bob as a very talented pianist, a man who enjoyed a good joke, and a gracious host in his home which was filled with wonderful antiques. My sympathy to all his family and friends.

I am one of so very many piano students of Bob Hungerford. I took lessons from him at Winona State from 1977-1981. He was a brilliant pianist and teacher, humble, kind, caring and also one of the funniest persons I've ever met. Lessons with him were always a lot of hard work, but also fun. We both got in trouble with Walter Hinds, the voice teacher at WSU, when we used Bob's two grand pianos in his office to belt out the Battle Hymn Of The Republic (he started it). We were into the second...

My mother, Maxine Giroux Cater, was Bobs first cousin. She often spoke of summer visits to Glens Falls and Lake George where she stayed with her aunt Nora LaFreniere Hungerford and uncle George. Oh how she loved going there. Bobby was a constant source of love and support for my mom all her life. I remember one summer, maybe late 1950s or early 1960s going to a Frontier town where cousin Bobby played the piano, and I think wore an old west costume. He was so much fun. My mom passed in 2014...

I will always remember the loving way my grandmother (Bobbys cousin) and my mother spoke of Bobby and his enormous talent. And I will always remember listening to his beautiful music. ❤