Saturday, July 17, 2021
Leona - Muriel and I want to extend our condolences and say we are so sorry for your loss of Bob to both you and your entire family. Bob will certainly be missed by everyone that had come to know him. He had a love of life that was second to none and always saw humor in everything no matter what he did. I met him as a first year 'Youngie' at MMA and we became close friends having fun and getting in trouble along with Bakes and Jimma Joint, the Quincy connection. But he was friends with everyone at the academy and for people that first met him, he made them feel as if they had been friends for life. I mean really, how could you not like him as his personality was bigger than he was. When we would find out that the Lorman clan was coming down to the states the word would go out so we could all get together to see you all. He would pack everyone into that bronze colored Chevy van, no seat belts but with installed fish nets for safety, and arrive with a smile.
Every story you ever heard about Bob was true no matter how outrageous you thought they were including some of my favorites. Like when Bob, Leona and family came for a visit only to have his Irish setter give birth to a litter of pups in the living room, shooting off fireworks out of the backseat of a 54 Olds and burning his arm only to have him say 'no problem', buying fireworks when on cruise and then taking a smoke break in the woods only to find out the next day that the woods had caught fire, being the first to own a prototype motorcycle and riding it totally out of control, just showing up at the house and staying for a week and not to forget, his design for the 'envelope house', And Leona, thru it all you would smile and say that was Bob. You both raised a beautiful family and we love you all.
