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Angela Giroux
January 5, 2024
Forever missed! Love you, Dad.
Angela Giroux
January 5, 2023
I miss you, dad. Continue to watch over us. I know we will be reunited again. Love you forever. Lala.
Tammy York
January 6, 2020
He was a very well liked and loved and we always would talk every time he came into the office I think of him often and he is very missed hope his family is doing well.
January 7, 2018
You will never be forgotten. Lala
Scott Stauber
February 16, 2013
To the entire Giroux family,
It's 2013, and I just now came across the passing of your father. It's been so many years since I've seen or talked to any of you, but I will always remember how close and wonderful you were as a family. I had the pleasure of working along side several of you during your stay in Kentucky, and am sorry to have lost contact with you. My sincerest sympathies and prayers are with you all. You have been in thoughts so many times over the years. God bless you all, and may your father rest in the peace of Christ.
Don and Ann Ransdell
April 19, 2007
Dear Anne and family,
We are deeply saddened to have just learned of Bob's passing.
Don and I would like to express our most heartfelt sympathy to all.
Our prayers go out to you.
Love, The Ransdells
Diane Healy
March 14, 2007
Dear Ann, Mary, Dan, and family,
We learned last evening of Bob's recent funeral. We are in Kansas City now and we were not aware of your loss.
You have a wonderful, loving family and Bob is a shining example of a loving devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and father in law.
He was always teaching by words and example. His sons and daughters have a great role model and he was always so proud of each and every one of you.
Ann, you are his soul mate in every sense of the term.
Everyone who knew him will miss him dearly.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time and beyond.
Love and Prayers,
Diane and Bob
Kathy Latham
March 1, 2007
Hello - This is Kathy Latham - General Manager of The Petroleum Club of Wichita. I just recently heard of the passing of our dear friend and member on The Club. What a gracious gentleman.... think on those words... He was "old school". We will miss him. Our thoughts of comfort are sent up in prayer on behalf of you... his family and loved ones.
Kathy Latham
Taylor Giroux
January 31, 2007
Dear grandpa i want you to know i will miss you alot i know us scouts should stick together
Love Taylor
Michael Spelts
January 29, 2007
To the Wonderful Giroux Family! We are so sorry to hear about your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you in this time. I am so glad that we had the opportunity to meet such a wonderful and fun man. Who with the help of his great wife raised such wonderful offsprings who can carry on his great legacy. We Love you all! Michael, Erin, Courtney, Camron, Connor, and Chase Spelts
Tom Davis
January 24, 2007
Dear all the Giroux Family:
I am so tardy in getting this posted. It feels like when Eddy and me would be running to make Sociology class and slide into the back row just as Dr. Heck would be starting. I guess better late than never. I had wanted to be down in Wichita for the services so much. It always meant alot to me to receive that diploma from Dr. Giroux and hear "Well done Flounder!". I will always remember the full house and everything that Rick Roder talked about. He raised such great kids. I remember the debates between Rick and Tom going on in Ricks room, all the good times I had with Yogi, Ed, and Angie & Ann and all the other kids. Anne you always made us feel at home even though I wasnt. I think that had something to do with why I came back after my freshman year when I had doubts. My thoughts and prayers are with each and everyone of you, know how very much I care about you. Thank you Dr. Giroux and "Well done Robert, you were a good a faithful servant".
Tom "Flounder" Davis '88
Mary Davis (Stallbaumer) '88
Kim Jacob
January 21, 2007
To the Giroux Family,
I have so many wonderful memories of Bob and your family. You took me into your family like I was one of your own. Bob and Anne helped me and loved me at a very difficult time in my life. They didn't judge or condemn, just loved and supported me. Even though we hadn't seen each other in years, I never forgot the time I spent with your family and the love I felt for you all. We all lost a very wonderful man and my prayers are with you all.
Clare Merva
January 21, 2007
Dear Anne,
I was so sorry to hear of Bob's passing and also that of your mother, Anne. This must be a difficult time for you and your family but knowing they are both at peace must be a comfort.
Please call when you are in Worcester. I would love to see you and have you and Carol for dinner.
Love,
Clare
Kay Compton
January 18, 2007
Dear Mrs Giroux, As an employee of GraceMed Dental Clinic, I had the privilege of meeting your husband. He truly was a wonderful man and a joy to be around. He will definitely be missed.
You are in the hearts and prayers of everyone here at GraceMed Clinic.
Ron/Sherry Sanchez
January 17, 2007
Dear Anne and family,
We are so sorry to hear about the passing of your Dad. Our love, thoughts and prayers will be with you always!
Ron and Sherry Sanchez
teri hawks goodmann
January 15, 2007
hello Ann and family - I was in Des Moines for the inaugural ceremonies of Governor Chet Culver last week. Denise Dolan called to tell me this sad, sad, news about President Giroux's passing as did Sister Margaret Cosgrove BVM. You must know how sad we are for your loss. John and I had the great good fortune of baby sitting the wonderful Giroux children following our honeymoon to Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine in the spring of '78. What a thrill to be held in the embrace of Giroux energy! Bob, and you, Ann were such an inspiration to us through our years in college in Dubuque, and as a young married couple. Bob was a great teacher and I will never forget him or the love he shared with all of us. much love and many prayers teri hawks goodmann
Caisie Pitman
January 15, 2007
Dear Mrs. Giroux and Family,
Rod and I are deeply sorry for the loss of Mr. Giroux. We truly enjoyed knowing him and understood what a pivotal role he played in the wonderful Giroux family. Our thoughts are with you all.
Luke Austin
January 15, 2007
Dear Mrs. Giroux and Family:
Please know of my prayers. I know Fr. Giroux from Vermont, and know how great your family is. I will have a Mass said here in Rome at the North American College for Mr. Giroux.
Allison Turner
January 15, 2007
To the Giroux Family:
I am so sorry for your loss, my heart goes out to all of you. Bob Giroux was an amazing man and this world is a better place because of him. I know he is watching down on all of you now. I feel privileged and blessed to have known him. Love always, Allison.
Diane Choiniere
January 14, 2007
Dear Ann,
I was very sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Madeline Ontiberos
January 14, 2007
Dear Ann and Family. I was so sorry to hear of the loss of your husband and father. He was such a nice person. Everytime I saw him at Dillons he would always talk to me.My prayers are with you all at this most diffcult time. I will have him in my prayers. Madeline
DON BOSS
January 14, 2007
FORMER NEIGHBOR IN BURLUNGTON, VT
Bob Knight
January 13, 2007
Dear Ann,
We are so sorry to hear about Bob. He was truly a special person. We have warm memories of his service to others, his humor, his intelligence and his love for you and the children. You and Bob touched our hearts.
Bob & Jane Knight
Suzanne Thomas
January 13, 2007
To the Giroux,
Bob was truely a wonderful friend and an impiration to all of us at Gracemed, he will be dearly missed. I work in the dental department at Gracemed and he always told me I had a million dollar smile. God is smiling at his newest angel. May you all find comfort in your time of loss, I will keep you all in my prayers. God Bless!!! Suzanne Thomas (Dental Assistant)
Pamela Creed
January 12, 2007
To the Giroux family,
I'm thankful to have had the opportunity to meet your father. In the brief time I spent with him he was gracious and kind to me, and I could immediately sense his love for ideas and for life. My thoughts are with you during this time.
Rebecca Pilshaw
January 12, 2007
Dear Bob,
Thank you for making me an unofficial member of your wonderful family. You are one of the most kind and gracious men I have known and I will miss your smile and kind eyes more than anyone will know.
To the rest of the Giroux family, I love you all and I send my heart felt prayers to all of you.
Tammy York
January 12, 2007
Ann and family
we were sorry to hear of your lose and our prayers are with you dr. Giroux was a great man and it was always a great day when he came into the dentist office, just to be around him made you happy we will miss him. the yorks
George Lynch
January 12, 2007
Dear Angie,Marty,Ann and the entire Giroux family, We are truly sorry to hear about your loss. Our prayers are with you all. Fondly, George (porgie)
Mary Loosen
January 12, 2007
To the Giroux Family,
Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers at this time. It has been a joy to have the opportunity to work with Bob at GraceMed. I will miss our discussions over lunch and his insights in life and family. He will be greatly missed, but I know that Heaven is richer with his arrival.
Angela Giroux
January 12, 2007
Dad,
I will miss you so much. You are and will always be my shining star, and my main man. Thank you for all the goodness and faith you've brought to our family, and for all the people you've helped through the years. I know you are in heaven, and I feel your presence so strongly with us here.
I love you forever, Lala (your 34th birthday present)
Deborah Morgan
January 11, 2007
Dear Anne and family,
On behalf of my family I wish to express our deep condolences over your loss. Although I did not know him well, Bob's intelligence, wit, and grace was reflected in every interaction and through the love he engendered in his family and friends. He will be sorely missed and always in our hearts.
In sympathy,
Debby and Dennis Morgan
Mary Moats
Jeff Moats
Bob Holder
January 11, 2007
Dear Ann and the Giroux family,
I am very sorry to hear of Bob's passing. My deepest condolences to you and the entire family.
Ann, I am sorry to reestablish contact with you in this manner. I worked for Transamerican Management Company during the time you worked at Farm Credit Bank.
May Bob rest in piece.
Kathie Schalk
January 11, 2007
Dear Ann and family- my thoughts and prayers are with you all.Find peace in knowing that you will now have a wonderful guardian angel watching over all of you. May God bless you all at this very sad time.
Mary Amanda Reinauer
January 11, 2007
Dear Giroux Family,
I am very sorry for your loss. For my dear friend, Dave, and his brothers and sisters, I know that it is not only the loss of a father but also the loss of childhood. Please know that my thoughts are with you during this most difficult period.
With love, Mary Amanda
Forrest Gossett
January 11, 2007
Anne and Family
My thoughts and prayers are with you in the loss of Bob. He was larger than life, and I feel fortunate to have called him my friend. I first met Bob when I was a reporter at The Wichita Eagle. I profiled him while he was president of Kansas Newman College, and from there a friendship was born.
If ever there was a Renaissance man it was Dr. Robert Giroux. Conversation with Bob was educational and a delight to the ears. His command of all subjects and his use of language made me hate to see our time end. We shared many dinners and glasses of wine solving the world's issues.
Bob improved so many lives. Countless people are successfully contributing to our society today because of his commitment as an educator - no, as a "Catholic educator," he once told me. Countless others have benefited from his work at the Via Christi Foundation.
Bob had a deep and abiding faith in God, and although he was not able to convince me to become Catholic, he did challenge me to practice my faith in daily living. The dinner conversation in Heaven is far more interesting this week.
I will grieve that Bob is no longer with us, but I will celebrate the fact that during 75 years he made this a better place to live.
Forrest and Laurie Gossett
Jeffrey Cammuso
January 11, 2007
Dear Aunt Anne, Cousins Bob, Mary, Tom, John, Edmund, Angela, Anne, Martin, Raymond, David & Dan.
I wish to send my deepest condolences for your loss. Uncle Bob always took the time to talk with me and see how things were going on in my life. He would always ended the conversation by telling me how impressed he was with my accopmlishments in life and how beautiful my wife and children were. He just enjoyed making me feel good and it worked every time.
I have so many wonderful memories with you guys in Vermont, Iowa, Kentucky, and Kansas. Every trip I felt so welcome and had a blast!
I look foward to seeing everyone of you on Friday to share with you in the grief of your loss.
I love you!
Jeff, Laurie, Janell, John & Mike
Kathleen Timmermeyer
January 11, 2007
Dear Giroux family, I am so sorry to hear the passing of Bob. We worked together on the board of JPA. He was a dear man and always teased me about having as many children as he did - we have 9. He was so proud of you all. My sympathies.
Rick Roder
January 11, 2007
Seeing Robert's picture brings back so many memories...mainly scores of kids running through the house, the laughter, the great conversation, the libations, some squabbles, an ongoing meal...the unmistakable aura of family, even if many in the house, like me and Ned, were not actually family. Dr. Giroux made you feel like you were one of the most important people ever to exist, which is what God was thinking when he made us, and I'll never forget that. His intelligence was admirable but it never stood in the way of his compassion and his human side. There was everything to learn from him, but also some flippant, fun times too! One time he even gave me a car! And that was HUGE to a college kid. He said if I could find the keys, put in a battery, and paint the fence, it was mine. I think, like any college kid, that I did the easier of the two and took the car...leaving paint fencing to an unlucky Huck Finn (with last name Giroux!). But oh the fun we had, and always at the center of it was Robert. May God rest his soul until we can resurrect those times "on the other side." With love from Rick Roder, KNC class of '86. Newman was SO proud to have Dr. Giroux as president! My condolences to all the family and especially one of my best friends, Thomas More Giroux, and Mrs. Giroux. You all have my prayers.
Pam Lacey
January 11, 2007
Dear Anne & family,
I pray grace and peace to you and your family during this time of the loss of Bob - he will be missed by so many; he touched so many lives every day in everything that he said and did. He was not only a friend, but an example of service, compassion and caring for everyone no matter what stage of life they were in.
I visited with him many times about putting his "stories" down in writing for his future generations to receive the benefit of his many experiences. I know those stories will give you comfort in the future as you gather as a family to begin the healing process. (I am sure that Bob is telling those stories in heaven as I write this.)
My prayers will be with you and your family in the days ahead. May the Lord truly lift you up and give you the strength and grace that only He can provide when we go through times of grief - our strength is in Him.
Blessings, Pam Lacey
Diane Harper
January 11, 2007
To the Giroux family,
I have been Dan's paralegal for four years now, and have always been so impressed with the closeness I have observed in your family. I never had the opportunity to meet Mr. Giroux, but observed the deep respect Dan and others had for him. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy for your loss. May God bless you all with comfort as you mourn.
Sincerely,
Lisa Cruze
January 11, 2007
To the Giroux Family,
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief. If there is anything that you need, please just let me know. I will do whatever I can to help you through this difficult time.
Laureen Bryant
January 11, 2007
I had the honor of meeting Mr. Giroux when I worked as a temp in the fundraising offices at St. Francis. He was very kind and helpful to me. I will never forget his compassion and overall concern that I be treated well by all staff.
He will surely be missed.
Martin Giroux
January 11, 2007
Dear Mom and Dad,
Thank you both for the kindness and love you brought to me and our entire family during our youth and especially the last few years. Rest in peace Dad, we know where you are and how you will continue to watch over us. Love, Martin
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