Our friend Bob Belville has flown west

[Rick Junkin]

Nancy Belville requested we post this message for Bob's friends on Mooneyspace:

Last night, in the company of his girls, Bob peacefully slipped the surly bonds of earth and touched the face of God. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2018, and had many good days to spend with people and activities he loved. His decline accelerated in the last few weeks, and we are grateful for visitors, meals, hospice caregivers, and love expressed in so many ways. He will be so missed by so many. No decision yet on services given the covid situation.

 

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Mooney Summit's Bill Gilliland Foundation, Burke Hospice & Palliative Care, or a charity of your choice.

 

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,

I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue

I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—

And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

 

With great sorrow,

Rick

 

 

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[aviatoreb]

We will miss Bob.

[NotarPilot]

Great guy. Met him once at Airventure 2016. He will be missed.