ROBERT-QUITTNER-Obituary

ROBERT MERRITT QUITTNER

San Diego, California

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DIED
November 16, 2012
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San Diego, California

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ROBERT QUITTNER passed away on November 16, 2012 in San Diego, California. The obituary was featured in San Diego Union-Tribune on December 29, 2012.

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My sympathy to the Quittner family. I remember Bob as I was growing up. He and Dana were were great friends of my late mother, Dona Foster and late father, Robert Foster.

I wish we at kaiser could have provided Bob and family with more time and quality of life after his diagnosis. It is indeed uplifting to read about his accomplishments and sense of humor.

CWO-4 Robert Quittner, what a wonderful man and friend. He was a shipmate of mine and fellow navy photographer. We spent many years together creating imagery in the service of our country. He was a subject matter expert and many young sailors hone their skills under the watchful eye of Chief Warrant Officer Quittner. He was the photographer's photographer. He was the kind of guy that if you ask him what time it was he would definitely tell you how to build a clock. But in explaining how to...

Dear Dana ~
My sincere sympathy in the loss of Bob. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

That's my pops. Just a wonderful, funny, deeply caring guy that never stopped learning & growing. Miss you so much, dad.

Bob was a good friend, avid reader and creative game player. We shared many evenings with Bob & Dana through the years and always were captivated by his stories & amused by his quirky humor. He was truly an Original whom we loved and will miss every day.

Miss you very mch Dad.

What a loss of a brilliantly quirky mind! Based upon deep thought, Bob's eventual evaluation elicited immediate chuckles and later pondering. His photographic partnerships on projects often required strenuous and unusual positioning -- the upward shot of the cross on Mt. Helix in the late 1980s for the cover of the "Inland East" booklet published by the then-East County Economic Development Council promoting the new Grossmont Center, El Cajon's City Hall, ECPAC, the County's Courthouse and...