ROBERT S. DINSMOOR

DINSMOOR, Robert S. Robert S. "Rob" Dinsmoor, age 65, passed away peacefully on February 23, 2024, at Beverly Hospital, Massachusetts, with his family by his side. He is survived by his brother, Dan (Jeanne Briskin); sister, Mara; niece, Lily; and nephews, Ari, Gabriel and Joseph Dinsmoor; along with multiple aunts, uncles and cousins; and his ex-wife, Darilyn (Gould) Dinsmoor, with whom he remained friends. He was predeceased by his father, James A. Dinsmoor and mother, Kay S. Dinsmoor. He was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, where he graduated from Bloomington H.S. South in 1976 and got his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1980, where he was the editor of the college humor publication, the Jack-O-Lantern. After graduation, he moved to New York City, where he worked for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and continued his humor writing for the Chucklehead comedy troupe, as well as scripts for MTV and Nickelodeon. In 1991, he moved to South Hamilton, MA, where he found his community of friends. He began working as a free-lance medical writer, publishing articles in Diabetes Self Management and the Harvard Health Letter, among others. He was a member of several writing groups and continued his comedy writing, publishing several books, most recently, "You Can Leave Anytime" and "You'll Never See It Coming". He was an avid hiker and bicycle rider and a fixture around the neighborhood, walking his dog, Jack. He will be remembered as a kind and generous soul, even to the extent he donated his organs and tissues after his death. He will also be remembered for his "wicked" sense of humor, in both the Massachusetts sense and the normal sense of the word. A Memorial Service is planned in the Spring in New Hampshire. Donations in Rob's memory may be made to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, www.massaudubon.org or to the Pine Street Inn, a local homeless shelter he supported, www.pinestreetinn.org

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