ROBERT M. ZORETICH Sr.

I, too, remember tagging along with Uncle Bob as he drove Buff to the Eggers Woods Forest Preserve. Buff, a beautiful tan Labrador Retriever, was the only dog I ever got along with! Uncle Bob was one of the few people in the world who called me "Shar" instead of my full name -- "Sharon". He always signed greeting cards, "Uncle Bob Z." -- as if I had another Uncle Bob from the East Side. There's no other one like him. He was a true original. My husband, Tom, and I recalled in these last...

I have many fond memories of my Uncle Bob. I grew up 5 blocks away and I often just stopped in as a kid to visit if I was passing by the house. He could always make me laugh about something that he encountered in his running errands in the neighborhood. He would usually have a couple of pennies or nickels and dimes that he found on the sidewalk while riding his bike that he would give to me. I can't remember the amount of times I saw him driving to or from the grocery store or Forest...