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Robert Harvey Stephens Jr.
1950 - 2025
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Robert Stephens Obituary
November 10, 1950 - September 27, 2025
Rob was born and raised in Wilmington, Del. He graduated from Brandywine High School. Following high school, he attended and graduated from Guilford College in North Carolina.
Preceded in death by his mother, Ellen West Stephens; father, Robert Harvey Stephens; and stepmother, Virginia Stephens; and cousin, Jimmy Fakler.
Survivors include sisters, Ellen Tisdale of Knoxville, Tenn., and Deborah Lahidji of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Stepsisters, Betsy Flaherty, Gina Mannering; and stepbrother, Tom Haney. Additional survivors include beloved cousins, John Fakler and Julie Callahan and their families, as well as many nieces and nephews.
Rob always looked forward to visiting Rehobeth, Del. He considered it his special place.
Rob's real passion in life was tennis. He loved being on and around the courts.
He leaves behind many dear and special friends in the Greensboro area, most especially the Isner family, all of whom were very kind to him over the years.
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Fred Pfuhl
October 14, 2025
I´ll miss our conversations about sports, life and tennis.
Harold Moore
October 14, 2025
I have never met a kinder soul. It flowed naturally from his inner self and became a light to me every time we met. One -of-a-kind. I'll remember our good times teaching kids together!!!
Ted Berger
October 12, 2025
I spoke to Rob almost every day by phone. He always called back if he missed your phone call. If I wanted to escape the craziness of this world, Rob was the man. He was a wealth of knowledge and cared less about things money could by or pretentious people. He lived all sports and tennis was his passion. He also love the 1920´s and the 1930´s . He loved the era of the gangsters. I often told him he lived in the wrong era. He was an old soul living in the 21st Century. R.I.P. Rob. You will be missed by many!
Jim Beck
October 12, 2025
Rob, (Bobby) and I have been best friends for countless years. He would call me almost every day and we talked about sports, our friends, or just nothing at all. His favorite phrase he always said was "was it one of these" which referred to whomever we were talking about being a friend. Once he had to do a tennis internet video and answer questions, but didn't know how to take a test online and even more, could not use a mouse, which was frequently a thing we would joke about. We travelled together selling insurance up and down the east coast back some 20 years ago selling small disability policies. I am going to miss my phone calls from Rob, some four or five times a day and almost always at dinner. He was one of my best and loyal friends and so many memories. Bobby, I know it is now "one of these" for you. Love you buddy and I am going to miss you more than anything. "Chandler"
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