Robert Irvin

I'm saddened by our buddy, Robert's passing. Last year we sat at Marvin Rodak's coffee shop talking the afternoon away. He was a very bright fellow. He shared with me much of his writings on postural orthopedics. It was an impressive collection of his experience as a physician. I'm glad we had that time to reminisce and very glad we got to visit at the reunion. Robert, you will be missed!

I am very saddened to hear of Robert's passing.

Robert and I go back to the 6th grade at Alice E. Carlson, when we 'accidentally' ended up going steady for 2 weeks, each wearing the other's silver engraved disk on a chain.

... then our paths crossed again with the Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir in junior high at McLean..all members of the group shared a train trip to Colorado Springs.  (Google 'Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir' - there's a group picture of the very first Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir (from around 1964) on a page of their website, that includes Robert.)

Next time we met was at the PHS 20th Reunion, sharing a dance & chat.

The last time our paths crossed was at the PHS 60th Birthday Bash.  Pam Steinert had located our Alice E Carlson 6th grade class picture from Ms. Bean's class, made copies, & brought & shared with those interested.  She also brought copies of Ned James' (very impressively) handwritten (this was pre-computers of course!) 6th grade 'newspaper' - in which he highlighted the various talents of all his fellow classmates, featured a 'top music hits' of the day, & current events of the time, etc.   (Pam & I were featured at top of the sports list as distinquished four-square champions, along with others!)                                        Robert was a student crossing-guard, obvious from his cross-walk attire -complete with badge!  We all got a big kick out of seeing those memories again.

At the 60th bash, we reminisced about days long passed, and Robert & I made sure we got into the class group picture together.  I joked with Robert that we should break our current trend of only meeting up once every 20 yrs.  Robert, & my husband Willi & I spoke about meeting up again in the near future for cocktails or dinner, but we all got busy with our lives and never did. 

I wish I had seen him once again.  I'm sure we would have reminisced over sweet, innocent childhood years when all of our futures were yet unwritten.  He seemed to enjoy looking back at those times as much as I did. 

All that said; I think Robert accomplished what he set out to do in his life.  I recall (in Jr. High days) overhearing his mom telling another mom at a Bell Choir event, that 'Robert plans to be a doctor when he grows up'.  I'm glad he made the dreams of his youth- into his reality.  I imagine as a doctor, he made countless other's lives better, less painful, and more hopeful; and that Doctor Irvin - reflected the same qualities that he did as a man; quietly unique, smart, accomplished, innovative, kind, and caring. 

Robert, you will be missed.   My sincere condolences, prayers and thoughts go out to his family.  May you find comfort- and peace in your loving memories of Robert.   

So sorry to lose another friend, we'll miss you Robert.  We spent a lot of afternoons together after school at Alice Carlson. RIP amigo,

It was great seeing Robert at the 50th reunion! Dub and I took only one pic that night and this was it!  I did not know then it would be so special to us! Peace and Love to Robert and his family

We will miss you, Robert and your fantastic personality and great smile! We will never forget that you were a great roommate for Dub in 1970 and  we've had more than several laughs about those mysterious magic brownies! Well, you got your final graduation early. But we know you must be having a fantastic adventure! We will look forward to our next reunion with you... in paradise!

Robert was such a nice guy, and he always had this mischievous smile that implied, “I know something you don’t know.” And since he was so smart, he definitely did know things we didn’t know. He also has this calming presence and sense of confidence.

I did have the opportunity to visit with him for a while at our 50th reunion, so I’ll have that memory of our last visit together.