Robin Larkin Brooks

Robert Larkin Brooks passed away peacefully on September 1, 2025 surrounded by family after a valiant, year-long battle with T-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He was 85.

Born January 4, 1940 in Beverly Hills to Robert Larkin Brooks and Hope Palmer Brooks, he was the youngest and only son. He joined four older sisters: Hopie, Blue, Whitney and Ky. Then the family moved to Carpinteria to a home better known as Hilltop. He attend Mt. Carmel Grammar School, Santa Barbara Catholic High School and UCSB.

After graduation from college, Bobby and his friend Steve Rose began farming in Oxnard, California. His love for farming and business would lead to the founding of San Miguel Produce, a successful growing and packing business he built with partners through the 1990s.

In 1966, he met Kathy on a blind date set up by his friend John Yzurdiaga. They married 9 months later. They have been married for 58 years.

Bobby was funny and could talk to anyone. He was loved and admired by all. He also mastered the art of napping.

Bobby is predeceased by his daughter, Larkin Brooks and his sisters Hope Meryman and Whitney Hansen. He leaves behind his wife Kathy, daughter Liz, son-in-law Chris Harges and two grandchildren; Kate and Charlie Harges.

Services pending. Arrangements are under the direction of Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 757 E. Main Street, Ventura.