Robert Beck Obituary
Bob is survived by his wife of 48 years, Louise; his children, Robert "Bob" Jr. ( Jen), Eric (Karen), and Dan (Margaret); his 8 grandchildren, Zack, Asia, Brendan, Emilee, Taylor, Joey, Elyse, and Kiera; and many friends and loved ones.
Bob enjoyed many things in life that included watching his grandchildren participate in school events, swimming in pools on a hot afternoon, hanging out with lifelong friends and spending quality time on any front porch he could find. He spent a good portion of his life watching people go by and being a piece of the passersby life, no matter how short. He was a printer by trade and for the majority of his life his fingers were stained with the ink from the presses he ran. When it came time to pick a screen name for his email, "dirtyhands" seemed to fit him perfectly. However, it raised some eyebrows in other circles. He loved to laugh and was a focal point in many of the best stories of his family. Not easy to love, but even up to his last days he spent making the nurses laugh and the legend of Bob Beck continues to live on forever.
A memorial visitation will be held Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at the Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox Ave., Chicago, IL 60630 from 6:00-9:00 pm.
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Eric Beck
April 30, 2018
Today is no easier than the first....
I have walked this earth going on a month without you. It is strange how the dumbest things remind me of you. Mom, Bob and Dan are lost without you and I struggle through the days at times. I don't know why but I continue to hope you can read this or see how we are without you. I talk to you more now than I did when you were here because I remember the good and not the bad... While you were here though I couldn't do that... I was too wrapped up in my own hurt. Now I just feel for everyone around me who is just trying to deal with it on top of my own. This will only be up a short while longer, but I won't stop writing until I feel like that green light you gave us in your last days is solid green and breathing is just a bit easier.
Love you.....
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Jim Valentine
April 14, 2018
I remember being on the store roof on Clark Street, where we grew up, and nailing cars with snowballs. We even got a police car once. I remember when Bob would climb up on his mother's house and I was too chicken. He wanted me to do it. He encouraged me but in the and I was too afraid. I remember how he would draw these neat battleship scenes on paper with colored pencils. I think he had a real talent. I remember when we played basketball at St. Gregory. One time he had the ball and he was right under the basket. He couldn't dribble and he was blocked from getting out of there. So he threw the ball up in the air and it went in the basket. Fortunately it went in our basket. Bob was a handful when we were young...always testing the limits.
Unfortunately we drifted apart with me going to the seminary and then moving. After we finished high school that was it, I guess. We were too busy in our own lives to even think about reconnecting. I feel bad about that.
We found each other at a class reunion and kept in touch as best as two old guys do.
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