Robert Alan Stadtmiller (Bob) of Webster, NY passed away on 2/12/21 at the age of 67.
Predeceased by his parents Fredrick and Jane Stadtmiller and wife Lynn Stadtmiller. He is survived by daughter Staci Avel, son Kevin Stadtmiller, and daughter Kristi Crandall; 5 grandchildren Robert, Mackenzie, Grant, Alyssa and Jake; 1 great grandchild Lillian; Brother Thomas (Rusty) Stadtmiller, sister Mary Ann (Dan) Guzylak; Nephews Nicholas (Yuliya) Guzylak, Andrew Guzylak and niece Jillian Guzylak; and other loving family and friends.
Robert is retired from Eastman Kodak and a veteran of the Navy Sea Bees.
Family would like to send a special thanks to Rochester General Hospital staff, especially Dr. Harmen.
What a great loss! Our brother Robert (Bob) was a great brother, father and Sea-Bee. He joined his wife Lynn and our parents Fred and Jane Stadtmiller far too early.
We always had good discussions about history and military topics. After he graduated from Edison Tech, he started as a welder at Eastman Kodak. Was laid off for about a year or so and worked temporarily at Alliance Tool & Dye and then was called back to Kodak. He was quite the handyman and was able to do many household fix-it and re-modeling jobs. He lived for his kids and his grandkids – 3 grandkids live in California: Bobby, McKenzie and Grant., and 2 in Rochester area: Alyssa and Jake He liked to travel. He got to travel while in the Sea-Bees Naval Reserve. He had a good sense of humor and enjoyed jokes.
He will be sorely missed by all those who knew and loved him. I will definitely miss him as my brother. I know he is in the arms of the Lord. Let’s always remember him fondly and with a smile on our faces. Brother Bob – I love you and and we all love you.
Big brother Tom Stadtmiller and Rusty(Diane) in Cicero NY
I was very sorry to hear about Bob’s passing. I mostly knew him from childhood holiday and event or summer visits.
Always great to be around. He had that unique laugh of his, great sense of humor, was kind, helpful and caring and a
people-person, for sure.
He always cheered you up (even if he didn’t always feel cheerful himself, I think). He will be truly missed.
Thanks Tom for the info regarding his adult military and work life. I saw him last in the late 90’s and he seemed content
and happy. That will be my lasting memory of him.
Very sorry to hear that Bob had passed away. He was too young to go. My condolences to his Brother Tom. Sister Mary Ann. All his children @ family. Sad Loss. He was always smiling laughing @ i always enjoyed being with him @ my other cousins. God bless you Bob @ Rip.
Brother Bob graduated from Edison Tech High School in 1971. He landed his first job at Eastman Kodak as a welder. I remember bob was always mush better doing hands-on activities rather tan academic activities such as reading or studying in a classroom. Bob joined the US Naval Reserve and became a Sea-Bee (Naval engineer). I am not sure of what was the highest rank he achieved, though. He was a SW-3. He joined the Navy Reserve 9 February 1987, but after nearly 5 years of service, he was granted a medical discharge for a heart murmur. We could never find out why the murmur was not detected much earlier. Bob was discharge “honorably” but was grant full privileges of a veteran by not being issued a DD-214 Separation form which is official proof of service for VA benefits among other things,
Tom Stadtmiller- Bob’s older brother on February 12,2023
It is hard to believe that it has been two years since Bob was taken from us. It is a time to remember things about Bob. For example: our mother Jane C Stadtmiller (nee Yeager) (DOB: 4/28/1920 – DOD: 1/16/2002) was a firm believer that a person should know of to read and write. She was always trying to encourage us to read. My sister Maryann and myself were no problems – we liked reading, but Bob would not read even when coaxed. If Bob read anything it was the newspaper and comic books which our mother did like -comic books that is. I remember one time while I was away at college in 1969, Bob called one day and he told that he read a book! The book was “Helter-Skelter” about the cultic Manson family. Bob started to explain the whole story-line and how he really liked the book. The book was not considered to be non-fiction but an account of how the Manson Family got started and developed. Bob encouraged me to read it. I did but several years later. To the best of my knowledge, Bob never really read any more books – the daily newspaper and some magazines. especially military-related magazines.
Bob is sorely missed by all who knew him.
Today is Sunday 21 May 2023. This would have been Bob’s 70th birthday. I will add a rather funny story concerning Bob this time.
For most of Bob’s early life, he was rather overweight. One time, our grandmother Helen Stadtmiller who at that stage in her life was also rather overweight, came to visit us along with our grandfather Al Stadtmiller. At one point, we were all gathering in the the room in our family home that we called the “den”. Both Bob and grandma Hele went to sit on the one couch in the room. They both sat down at the same time. After a couple second, the whole couch just collapsed under the weight of the two people. Both Bob and grandma sat stunned for a moment. Then, suddenly, grandma was the first to burst out laughing at the awkward situation. Everybody just started to laugh. I remember we had to help both Bob and grandma up out of the couch. We did not save the couch. It was thrown away and a newer couch bought.
This is one of memories I have about Bob. I hope to add more as time goes on.
2/13/2024 -yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of Bob’s death. I have been trying to add something each year both the the death date and his birthday (5/21).
Bob was not overly athletic. I do not remember him ever playing in Little League baseball like I did. Our dad was a coach for a couple years when we played T-shirt league. I believe Bob was on our first team but I don’t recall him playing in the following years. It seems odd that I would not recall my brother playing or not playing. Bob enjoyed doing things with his hands, though. He liked tinkering with the car, but never seemed to stick to much of anything. During his high school years, he was caught up in the so-called “hood” and “collegiate” divide. He liked the “hood” side where you wore biker jackets and smoked, somewhat rebellious. I was more collegiate and academic minded, never smoked a day in my life. Bob did have a good friend Dave Hartman while in high school but Dave was polar opposite from Bob- Dave was more studious, but had a rebellious streak such as he did smoke. Dave died relatively young as I recall, not sure when or how.
Today 5/21/2024 would have been Bob’s 71st birthday. I remember Bob always wanted rather large b-day gifts such a camera with a tripod. That obsession lasted for about a year and then the camera just sat in our attic. But that was Bob – very excited about a thing or hobby, then after a certain length of time, he’d ignore the hobby. He was always quite restless and if he had his way, he would have traveled much more than he ever did during his lifetime. He always looked forward to vacations where either our family or his own family (spouse Charlene and 3 kids) would go somewhere especially in the summer.
That is all I will add this time around. So Happy Birthday Brother Bob!
Brother Tom Stadtmiller and spouse Rusty