Robert J. Cutt Jr.

Rochester: Friday, December 20, 2024. Survived by his wife, Margaret (Midge); son, Robert III (Robby); daughter, Valerie Mault (Michael); granddaughter, Michaela Mault; step-grandsons, Michael and Logan Mault; mother, Shirley Cutt; sisters, Carol Antonelli (Robert), Linda Muscarella; mother-in-law, Veronica Lembke; brothers-in-law, Mark Lembke (Marcia Buckley) and Matthew Lembke; nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his father Robert J. Cutt, Sr and father-in-law Robert Lembke. Retired from City of Rochester Police Department.
Married Midge after a whirlwind romance that started in the emergency department at St. Mary's Hospital. They became engaged three months after meeting and married less than eleven months after becoming engaged. They spent over 40 years together. Married 39 years, through thick and thin, good times and bad. Bob was a creative, inventive artisan who could take pieces of nothing and create inspired things. He would look at something and say, "I have a plan" and whatever that plan was, it always worked. Midge would say, "How did you think of this? You should patent it". He never did.
He was a gifted craftsman, making handmade custom holsters from a piece of leather. He came up with his own designs. He learned this skill when he first bought guns because he couldn't afford holsters. His designs were inspired and his leather can be found around the world.
He was a lover of all things firearms, a talented firearms instructor and weapons expert. He loved electronics, computers, photography and was amazing when it came to cooking on a grill. Little gave him more pleasure than sitting on the deck in the summer, grilling something and target shooting in our back yard with his latest passion, CO2 guns. He created a "range" with targets throughout the yard with measurements and would test different BBs and pellets and keep records on each.
He had a sense of humor that was wry and sarcastic.
He loved his family, especially his children, for whom he would do anything. He was so proud of them. It gave him great joy to walk Valerie down the aisle when she got married, loved to go to their house and shoot with her husband and step-sons in their back yard. He would bring an array of weapons and enjoyed spending time with them. His face always lit up when he saw our granddaughter and pictures of her when he couldn't be with her. He was proud of Robby, relying on him for so much. He has been a God-send and made our lives easier by being with us. They enjoyed many common interests and had the same opinions on many topics.
He was a lover of animals, and our latest love Max, was his constant buddy.
He had a huge and varied circle of friends, many of whom he considered family. He was able to create a rapport with people anywhere and at any time.
He achieved his lifelong dream of becoming a police officer. A career that was part of his DNA. He was a police officer to his bones. Prior to that he was an EMT, police dispatcher and in the first class of Civilian Evidence Technicians for the City of Rochester Police Department. He went through the police academy for the Town of Gates and lateralled back to the city. He retired after 26 years of service. He missed being a police officer every day. He continued teaching firearms to various agencies for several years and always had the scanner on and was proud that his daughter carried on the family tradition of becoming a police officer.
Over the last years, he overcame obstacles with is health with steadfast courage and determination. In spite of how he felt, he rarely complained despite pain and setbacks. He was so talented. He was a protector. He was a patriot. He was a good man and he has earned his rest.
Friends may call Thursday (Jan 16th) 4-8 PM at Vay-Schleich and Meeson, 1075 Long Pond Road. His Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday (Jan 17th) 10:30 AM at Our Mother of Sorrows Church. Interment, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.