Robert William Ochs

October without Nettie Ochs Cider Mill ! I could never imagine the Livingston area withOUT it & the great man behind it all, BOB ! 20 years ago, I used to joke with Bob & Herb that I used to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, until I met the Ochs Family waking up at 4am, filling jugs for 18 hours straight, but when I think back at those days, they were some of the BEST times I had! I truly miss that part of my life. Maybe some day Tyler & Julia will contine the history on the hill. But if not,...

Well Rob,tomorrow would be your birthday. Fall just isn't the same now, is it? Even the trees are confused by your absence. Shouldn't they be ablaze by now? In another few months (20years ago) we would be making cider snow cones. No, fall just isn't the same, and winters not looking much better right now. I'll be thinking of you my friend.
Ray

We were so saddend by the phone call we just made.... We called the phone number of Och's Farm to see why they were late in ordering gourds, pumpkins, squash, all the fun fall produce... only to be taken back by the message, that "our dad" had an untimely passing... Our hearts go out to the Och's family and know that our prayers and thoughts are with you..Glenn always looked forward to their "catch up chatting" about business and life experiences..A great guy is in a safe place now...

Barbara, Tyler and Julia:
I am (and my family) so terrifically saddened by the news a friend told me and then I saw the sign out front of the Cider Mill.
I am so sorry for your loss and our condolences.
I just feel lost without seeing you all at the mill, seeing Robert with his long hair, chatting about apples, music, pasteurization, whatever... I just miss him and the cider, the apples, the band and I miss all of you too with the Cider Mill closed. I miss the way you...

Dear Barbara, Julia and Tyler,

Jessica called me this morning with the news of Bob’s passing. Kind of crazy how slowly some news travels; in this case awful news, news I did not want to hear.

There are so many things I’ll remember about Bob and his wild, red hair (a bit longer each year), so many conversations and anecdotes: Little League, Yankees, Johnny Winter, winesaps, Clementines, parenting, pasteurization, religion, New Jersey farming, Jack-O-Littles,...

Over the last couple of months, I've been blind-sided by so many feelings...sadness,pain,fear,anger,

loneliness,confusion,emptiness...

some days I struggle to breathe. But your messages of love and friendship have lifted and warmed my heart. From the very bottom of that broken (but still beating) depth of me--THANK YOU. ALL OF YOU. For with every word you've written by email and card, your phonecalls, gifts of food, drink, flowers, mass cards, and...

I've found it really hard to write something until now knowing there isn't much more time to let my feeling's be known.

My husband David and I met Robert and Barbara in the Amazon.
Considering we live in PA,(now Maui) it was a pretty far trek to meet the two most wonderful people we know.

I wish alot of things, but one little one is that I could have spent more treasured times stealing corn, saving baby birds, laughing at monkeys, fishing for piranha, and...

Dear Barb and Family
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your children.

Sincerely,
Steve

Mrs.Ochs, Julia, Tyler and rest of the family,
I was so saddend to hear the loss of Mr.Ochs. You as a whole showed such a wonderful family portrait of an American family, that I will always hold high. I remember after my exchange student experience with the Valentines 1997, going home to Denmark saying "That was a wonderful and awesome family." Mr.Ochs was just such a cool guy. He will be truely missed.

With all of my love to your family