John Robert "Bob" Redding

Today you left us 9 months ago. It feels like yesterday. Every Thursday and every Friday it all comes back. The family is stronger than ever and the support is unbreakable, but the emptiness and the physical heartbreak is almost more than I can endure. I am not sure how you would have handled the pandemic, wish you were here to to give us your much needed wisdom. I Love You, More!

To know Bob and Debbi had an amazing life and love story is what we all ask for. We didnt know him well, but when we would occasionally run into them they were the perfect couple.. Always enjoying just being together. I know Bob would wish Debbi to go on with her life, not to be sad... He still has his arms wrapped around you Debbi.

I met Bob Redding because I worked with Debbi, who by the way is such a kind and wonderful person that it is no surprise that Bob fell so deeply in love with her. I know Debbi well and knew Bob only a little by comparison. And I'm sad I didn't know him better. I will relate an anecdote that I think best describes how I felt about Bob: saw Bob in an adjacent checkout line at a grocery store some years ago. He approached me to ask me how things were going - we chatted just a few minutes,...

Uncle Bob was always there for my dad and our family whenever we needed him. When my dad had an open heart surgery Bob was here the whole time. When I had open heart surgery the first person I saw when I woke up was my Uncle
Bob standing there in the doorway just watching me, making sure I was OK. I will never forget that. It was such a comfort knowing he was always there for us when we needed him. He is going to be missed very much, his Christmas cards every year, his weekly phone calls...

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.

Amen.

So very sorry to hear about Bob's passing. My heart aches for you.
May time ease your sorrow, and memories bring you peace. Thinking of you and yours, with love and sympathy, Sally Pettingill