Robert Allen Power, Sr., 65, died September 19, 2008 at the Bay Pines Veterans Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida and following a brief illness. He was born in St. Petersburg on March 16, 1943, and served his country in the Navy from 1960 to 1962. He was employed the majority of his life as a carpentry and dyrwall finisher, and resided most of his life in Florida. He was a member of the American Legion Post 125 of Gulfport, FL, and held a board member seat throughout the years, and received several Merit Awards for his dedication to his fellow comrades, as well as, volunteering for the Bay Pines VA Hospital. He is survived by his son, Robert Allen Power, Jr. and wife, Lisa, of Largo, Florida; three daughters: Raylene Park and husband Brian, Ruth Power, and Carina Metevia and husband, Steve, all of Michigan; a brother, George Power; two sisters: Eileene Deher, and Michele O. Greene; ten grandchildren: Stephanie, Sarah, Susan, Katherine. Jordan, Jared, Joshua, Stanley, Casie, and Charley; five great-grandchildren: Jollisa, Shea, Marley, Stacy, and Layla. Also remembered are close friends Robert "Bear" Schuster, Coreen Schultz, and Charlene Power. A memorial service will be held at 10am on Friday, October 3, 2008 at Bay Pines National Cemetery, 10000 Bay Pines Blvd., Bay Pines, Florida. Should friends desire, donations may be made to the American Red Cross Tampa Bay Chapter, 3310 W. Main Street, Tampa, Florida 33607 or the Childrens Cancer Research Center, Donation Process Center, P.O. Box 7006, Alberta Lea, MN 56007-8006 in his memory. Arrangements entrusted to Veterans Funeral Care, 15381 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, Florida, 33760.
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Love You Pop! I Know you are in a much better Place. My thoughts will always be with you!!
Love You Always!!!!
I’m so grateful for the times we shared, and for the memories we created, and for all the fun, and funny, and interesting things he said and did! –He sure was a character! Paticular. He taught me how to hang things straight. He was really good with rulers. He was a smart man.Â
I’ll always treasure my beautiful flower rock garden that we made together.. His back was so sore the next day from our fun adventure of getting the rocks, and placing them in just the right spots. His StoneCrop plant is in full bloom right now, beautiful, and bigger than ever. He’s forever in my heart… I’m really going to miss him.
Love you Dad, Carie
Robin was my brother and I am sad to see a family member die.Me being the oldest I always thought I would be the first one to go .
I will miss him and pray for him and his family.
George William Power
Robin was a terrific guy and a wonderful friend..I’m sorry that we had to lose him so soon. God Bless you all
Denise
I consider myself one of the lucky ones to have had Robin for a friend. He touched my life with his smile and warmth. When he walked in the room on karaoke night, the whole room lit up from his presence. He was a wonderful man, who was passionate about life. He loved to dance and taught me a few steps along the way. I’m sorry we lost touch and I didn’t know of his illness but I will always remember him as a warm, caring, fun loving guy.
I loved him very much and he was all I had for many years. He was the closest of my family. His love will carry on in my heart forever.
Robin was husband num.1. We had a great son together,our time together was not long, but Bob lives in our menory forever. I look forward to seing Robin in the New Order someday. I know your suffering is now over. May God keep you in his memory.
I got to know and love Robin through my husband Joe we will all miss him dearly
Robin was the younger of my two older brothers, I certainly didn’t expect that he would be the first of us siblings to die. However, the hope provided by the Bible is a source of comfort. It is comforting to know that Robin is not in any pain, but resting in God’s memory until that time for the resurrection into a beautiful paradise earth, and good health.
The thing I remember most about Robin is how he tried to teach me to dance the tango and I would mess up and he would laugh at me and continue to try. Then we would swing dance and he would just wear me out. How fun it was to dance with him….
Robin was a friend to everyone, a great caring person. I am honored to have known him for over 20 years, and to have known some of those he loved and who loved him. I will miss him every day and hope to see hundreds of his friends at his memorial on Friday. Ah. I can see him smile that wonderful toothy smile of his to see us all together to remember him and share our fun stories.
PLEASE continue to remember him always. That is the greatest gift you can give back to someone who gave so much to everyone else.
Happy Heavenly 80th Birthday Daddy! I’m sorry it took me 15yrs to write this but your loss has been too much!! I miss our talks, hearing you say…I love you Ray, your sense of humor and the way you’d make me laugh, your wealth of knowledge, but most of all…your beautiful smile and tender hugs! A day doesn’t go by that I don’t think if you. My memories are a treasure I keep close to my heart! I love you Daddy xoxo! Till we’re together again!