Robert C. Troast Sr.

Dear Jule Ann, Katie, and family,
My heart goes out to you and your family and others who loved your dad. I noted that the funeral home was named legacy and your dad certainly left a huge spiritual legacy in his family and those his life touched through the years. When I even think of one of his children (you! ) and how much you have meant in my life (to say nothing of the other lives you have touched and continue to touch) and expand that through his other children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, the impact is astounding. May the Lord comfort, uphold and guide you in the coming days. "And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write: `Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!´" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them." (Rev 14:13).

I was inspired to meet Bob while he was a short term resident at Longview of Christian Health. His generosity of heart, his humility, and his passion for the Christian faith was evident throughout his life. He told me that his last name, in Dutch, means "Comforter." He certainly lived up to that name, and my prayer is that all who survive him will be comforted by the knowledge that nothing, not even death, separates us from the love of God, in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Rev. Kathy Jo Blaske, Christian Health chaplain