In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to Guiding Eyes For The Blind. Donate by visiting: www.guidingeyes.org Robert was born January 24th, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York. In his youth, he led an active, athletic life playing handball and jogging, and spent summers working on a farm in Syracuse through the Fresh Air Fund. He attended the University at Albany and eventually made Albany his forever home. His diagnosis with an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, causing him to...

The Best God saw you were getting tired,  And a cure was not to be, So He put His arms around you, And whispered "Come with me." With tearful eyes we watched you  As you slowly slipped away, Although we loved you dearly, We could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, Hard working hands were put to rest, God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best.

  The Best God saw you were getting tired,  And a cure was not to be, So He put His arms around you, And whispered "Come with me." With tearful eyes we watched you  As you slowly slipped away, Although we loved you dearly, We could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, Hard working hands were put to rest, God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best.