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Bob Ihlenfeldt passed away on August 7, 2020. He is survived by his wife Christina. Bob suffered two mild strokes in 2016 which limited his mobility.
Bob was retired from Thomson Reuters, working as a computer programmer. He was the stepfather to three children and 3 granddaughters.
He was an avid Harley rider, clocking over 100,000 miles.
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ED CUSCHIERI add a few words and two photos...
Bobby I. was one of a kind: Intelligent, artistic, liberal, a free spirit. We used to hang out together on Campbell Street. Bob even painted two drumheads for me and a guitar for my brother. One of his favorite bands at the time was Country Joe and the Fish. Bob gave me a ride on his Harley at one time. Enough though I haven't seen Bob since about 1971, he will be missed.
MAC DEUPARO also wrote about his memories with Bob...
Bob was heavy duty... a part of Holy Redeemer's Intellectuals.... perfect for our time.
I remember Bob from the grade school days... he was one of the Pack Rat Artist group... gifted in so many ways.
Hung around with Tom Ossy and the boys, Ed, Pat, etc....
I'm digging deep but I believe he played grade school football 7th, 8th grade ...
I was not in any of his classes... for we had the caste system...
Group 1 (collge bound)
Group 2 (office workers)
Group 3 (factory workers and prison types)
I was in the later... living in the neiborhood only a few blocks away... with me on Calvary and him on Campbell...
Campbell was more upscale back in the day... that's where bank presidents, lawyers and doctors lived...
we hung out briefly... enough for him to invite me into their stately home...
up in his bedroom I thought I was in the Smithsonian Museum... he had models of dinsours, battleships, popular mechiac books, building projects... he was working on the Big Bang theory... way before it became main stay
i can only imagine whoever he worked for ... he was a number 1 asset...
glad to know he was a Harley guy... a man of my own heart
to bro Bob's family and friends... may your sorrow be short and your memories long
I got mine...
Peace and Love
that's how I remember Bob
bro Mac
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Kenneth Seguin
https://guestbook.wujekcalcaterra.com/obituaries/Robert-Ihlenfeldt/
Patrick "Mac" Deuparo
Bob was heavy duty... a part of Holy Redeemer's Intellectuals.... perfect for our time.
I remember Bob from the grade school days... he was one of the Pack Rat Artist group... gifted in so many ways.
Hung around with Tom Ossy and the boys, Ed, Pat, etc....
I'm digging deep but I believe he played grade school football 7th, 8th grade ...
I was not in any of his classes... for we had the caste system...
Group 1 (collge bound)
Group 2 (office workers)
Group 3 (factory workers and prison types)
I was in the later... living in the neiborhood only a few blocks away... with me on Calvary and him on Campbell...
Campbell was more upscale back in the day... that's where bank presidents, lawyers and doctors lived...
we hung out briefly... enough for him to invite me into their stately home...
up in his bedroom I thought I was in the Smithsonian Museum... he had models of dinsours, battleships, popular mechiac books, building projects... he was working on the Big Bang theory... way before it became main stay
i can only imagine whoever he worked for ... he was a number 1 asset...
glad to know he was a Harley guy... a man of my own heart
to bro Bob's family and friends... may your sorrow be short and your memories long
I got mine...
Peace and Love
that's how I remember Bob
bro Mac
Ed Cuschieri
Bobby I. was one of a kind: Intelligent, artistic, liberal, a free spirit. We used to hang out together on Campbell Street. Bob even painted two drumheads for me and a guitar for my brother. One of his favorite bands at the time was Country Joe and the Fish. Bob gave me a ride on his Harley at one time. Enough though I haven't seen Bob since about 1971, he will be missed. I will send some fotos.
Dennis Glasgow
I didn't know Bob well, but I always admired him. I'm glad to hear that he liked Country Joe and Fish! I would like to think that he was present at a concert of theirs I attended when the Fish were at the Grande Ballroom for three nights mid-August 1968 (16, 17, 18). 52 years ago! Their cheer, "What's that spell?" "What's that spell?" It wasn't "F.I.S.H." I'd like to think we were there at the same time. It was a great concert. "And it's one, two three, what are we fightin' for? Don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam. Five six, seven, open up those pearly gates. Well there ain't got time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die!" Sorry about the dark lyrics, but that was their siignature song. A sign of the times we all lived. I offered Mass for Bob when we got the sad news. He is at peace. Dennis Glasgow
Robert Ihlenfeldt
To My Bob's classmates, thank you for the love and wonderful words about him.....he truly was one of a kind, and the great love of my life. His depth, intelligence, serenity, goodness, love of music and poetry and the twinkle in those beautiful blue eyes of his will be some of the many things I will miss about him greatly each day........gone too soon.
Dan Campbell and Ilene McDonald - thank you for passing along Bob's obituary information, and to Ed McCarthy and John Pavlak - bless you for making the trek all the way out to Macomb yesterday to attend Bob's funeral mass.....it meant more to me and his family than you know. I'm sorry we couldn't spend more time with you to share memories of the marvelous man I was privileged to call my husband ~
God bless you all,
Christina Ihlenfeldt
PS - Thank you, Ed Cushieri, for the great photos of Bob and for your sweet words about him!
Kenneth Seguin
Obituary for Robert Ihlenfeldt
Kenneth Seguin
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214242582/robert-ihlenfeldt