Rob and I met when I joined Lange USA in June of 1982. He was the Lange rep for New England since the mid 70s, during the Garcia days, and was based in Boston. He was living in Marblehead and moved later on to Swampcot.
In addition to Lange ski boots he was repping Barrecrafters products (ski car racks). When Lange merged with Dynastar, he also represented that ski line and sold both products until his retirement in 2004.In 2016 he and his wife Siggy moved to Naples, Florida where he played a lot of golf, organized tournaments, worked in the local tourism trade while Siggy did volunteer work. Both had been married for more than 4 decades.
Over the years, I stayed regularly in contact with Rob. He loved life, he adored reminiscing about the good old times and we laughed a lot each time we got together on the phone. He knew how to make any trite story hugely entertaining!
Early, this summer, I had attempted to call and email him to no avail. Mid-November, I tried again, but in vain. Fearing something was wrong with Rob, I just learned that he had passed in June. I will miss him an awful lot and I'm sure any one who ever came in contact with him will too.

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