Robert O. 'Bob' Simpkins

Robert O. “Bob” Simp­kins, 63, of Delaware, passed away at home Mon­day morn­ing (Sept. 3, 2012) sur­rounded by his family.

He was born on July 27, 1949, in Point Pleas­ant, W. Va., to Wilber Simp­kins of Delaware and the late Ruth (Mayes) Simp­kins. Mov­ing to Delaware in 1966, he mar­ried his high school sweet­heart, the for­mer Kathy (Darst) in Delaware in 1970. Until his ill­ness, he worked almost 40 years as a machin­ist for Luvata Inc., for­merly Nip­pert Corp. of Delaware. He attended the Delaware Church of Christ in Chris­t­ian Union. He was an avid fan of the OSU Buck­eyes and a bowler. Described as sim­ply the “Best,” he was a joker at heart, a fam­ily man to the core, one who always thought of oth­ers before him­self. He trea­sured time spent vis­it­ing his rel­a­tives in West Vir­ginia or trips to Amish coun­try. Con­sid­ered a grill mas­ter, he longed for fam­ily cook­outs and he was always at the grill fix­ing his famous chicken or chili. He was also quite the pho­tog­ra­pher, espe­cially of fam­ily pho­tos, always using the self timer to make sure he was in the photo.

He was an outdoors-man, who enjoyed fish­ing and camp­ing. Bob will be remem­bered for his love of fam­ily and his will­ing­ness to lend a help­ing hand.

In addi­tion to his father and wife Kathy of 41 years, he is also sur­vived by son, Mike Simp­kins (Lisa Con­grove) of Colum­bus; daugh­ter, Sta­cie (Joe) Combs of Delaware; four grand­chil­dren, Tyler Combs, Michaela Simp­kins, Katie and Mad­die Combs; and sis­ters, Mary and Brenda Simpkins.

He was pre­ceded in death by his mother, Ruth Simp­kins; as well as broth­ers, William and Lester Simpkins.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednes­day at the Sny­der Rod­man Funeral Cen­ter, 1510 W. William St. at Val­ley­side Drive, Delaware, where ser­vices will be held at 11 a.m. Thurs­day with the Rev. William Ben­ner. Bur­ial will fol­low in Fairview Memo­r­ial Park.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to the Amer­i­can Can­cer Society.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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