Your dad sounds like a delightful fellow! I would have liked to have spent time with him. I have enjoyed reading everyone’s fond memories and can feel your loss of a wonderful man.
Meg Reck Arapahoe Sent from my iPad > On May 14, 2020, at 7:49 AM, Bob Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thank-you all so much for sharing your fond memories of my Dad! > I wonder if there is some cosmic significance in the fact that he chose to > pass on from this world during the peak of spring migration. :-) > > Good Birding Where Ever You Are! > > Bob Spencer > Erie, Colorado > >> On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 12:02:16 PM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote: >> Today is a somber day, as long-time Denver area birder and friend, Bob >> Spencer, passed >> away yesterday. His son, Robert, asked me to post this brief obituary. There >> cannot be a >> memorial service anytime soon due to Covid-19, but we'll eventually find a >> way >> to gather, share memories and mark his place in our lives. >> Joe Roller, Denver >> >> Dear members of the birding community: >> It is with sadness that I share with you that my Father, Robert (Bob) >> Spencer died peacefully yesterday while in recovery from a recent broken >> hip. He and his new bride, Shirley (died 2006) moved to Golden Colorado from >> Buffalo/Rochester New York in 1952. They lived in Golden ever since. >> My Father worked as a printer, but he lived to see birds and share birding >> with the regional birding community, especially members of the Denver Field >> Ornithologists (DFO) and Colorado Field Ornithologists (CFO). >> While serving as a past president of DFO (circa 1990) he helped invent the >> Ptarmigan award, which the organization still gives out periodically. Some >> of his proudest moments was receiving lifetime achievement awards from both >> organizations. >> I am so grateful for all of the friendship and support that the birding >> community has shared with my Father throughout his long life (he was 96 >> years old!). >> >> Donations in his name may be sent to: Colorado Field Ornithologists >> (cobirds.org) OR Denver Field Ornithologists (dfobirds.org). >> >> Robert L. Spencer, Ph.D. >> Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience >> Director of Neuroscience Major >> Department of Psychology and Neuroscience >> UCB345 >> University of Colorado Boulder >> Boulder, CO 80309 >> office room: Muen D465B >> office phone: 303-492-0854 >> [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1fa8f63d-50ea-4afb-b43f-9dc90e4e4dd6%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/730680B7-160B-495A-A08C-F333C5A54271%40comcast.net.
