tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post2602977432895178844..comments2023-09-23T03:56:08.149-07:00Comments on Gberger: Robert "Bob" GilsonGbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-31889185990407979322012-06-16T12:44:16.383-07:002012-06-16T12:44:16.383-07:00Hi Karen, responding to your comment on my blog he...Hi Karen, responding to your comment on my blog here, seems easiest. Thanks for your feedback on my blog - a labor of love and fun in between my more mundane technical writing and editing work. Yes, Victoria is my older sister. She moved back to the NW a few years ago and is on Bainbridge with her family (she works at Eagle Harbor books now). All of my family has drifted from CS, but Vic's adopted son is now going to Sunday School and is hoping to go to Prin!<br />Yes, love the NW! Blessings to you and your family, too! jillJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679798533713533659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-77142542803356568262012-06-14T14:21:22.107-07:002012-06-14T14:21:22.107-07:00Well I'm over a year late on this one! I just ...Well I'm over a year late on this one! I just found out about Bob's passing last week from a mutual friend (Isobel), with whom I reconnected on FaceBook. Was so sad to hear about Bob! I, too, dated him, but a few years after you, while at the UW. He was so unique and cool - he took me to my first Woody Allen movie, introduced me to jazz and took me to hear Dizzy Gillespie (whom I had never heard of), and seemed so worldly to me. I used to see him around Seattle into the '80s but drifted apart and hadn't heard about him in years. THanks for this lovely post and the photos - how I remember Bob. BTW not sure if you remember me (Jill Irwin) but met you on the AU bus to camp in Colorado, then bumped in to you in Boston and in Bellevue in the early 80s before drifting away from CS. Also so sorry to hear about the loss of your beautiful girl. Hugs and peace,<br />jilljillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11558847401371871909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-79311585827952349472011-03-16T16:38:10.866-07:002011-03-16T16:38:10.866-07:00Oh, Karen. My condolences and prayers to his famil...Oh, Karen. My condolences and prayers to his family and loved ones, and to you. This is a lovely tribute. You honor him, and us, by sharing your story. (((hugs)))Najiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530016194487801049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-2967145762482582482011-03-15T14:25:17.001-07:002011-03-15T14:25:17.001-07:00Oh my gosh, Karen, I'm so sorry for the loss o...Oh my gosh, Karen, I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. He sounds like a wonderful man, who will be greatly missed.<br /><br />I loved the account of your childhood 'romance.' So beautiful.<br /><br />I love the idea of him giving Katie a big hug. :)ChiTown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240876368610100419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-73567097013194256742011-03-15T13:41:07.065-07:002011-03-15T13:41:07.065-07:00Thank you all for these kind thoughts and words. T...Thank you all for these kind thoughts and words. They help.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-30482872822745449742011-03-15T12:12:48.497-07:002011-03-15T12:12:48.497-07:00This made me tear up -- for the obvious reasons bu...This made me tear up -- for the obvious reasons but also for the memories -- we seem to have some similar ones, Karen. Much love and my condolences to all who knew this beautiful man.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-43544018542356741592011-03-15T11:19:39.560-07:002011-03-15T11:19:39.560-07:00I am so sorry and I hope you know that I will ligh...I am so sorry and I hope you know that I will light a candle to Kuan Yin may She bring comfort to his family and his friends.<br /><br />Our spirits are burdened with too much, too painful. I often wonder how to process so much sorrow and can only imagine that whatever we believe in is the only source of both hope and sustenance in order to allow us to accept, alas not necessarily to understand, any and all tragedies. I wish we were closer - I always wish that - to comfort each other by just being there. Love from here.A.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947308878002639964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-88194541886098348182011-03-15T11:18:51.853-07:002011-03-15T11:18:51.853-07:00I am sorry you lost your friend. Prayers for you b...I am sorry you lost your friend. Prayers for you both. XXLakeland Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263946096580997595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-50393371368837918402011-03-15T09:23:13.894-07:002011-03-15T09:23:13.894-07:00So sorry to hear about this loss. I too loved your...So sorry to hear about this loss. I too loved your description of him as a gentle man. Many men could learn a thing or two about being a gentle man. Will be praying for all the ones that knew him and loved him. Hugs!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256281745796890125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-55950127344696397422011-03-15T09:00:05.433-07:002011-03-15T09:00:05.433-07:00Through your tribute I can sense he truly was a &q...Through your tribute I can sense he truly was a "gentle" man. I am sorry for the loss of someone who was a bright spot in your life.AnnDeOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924496553474813816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-6185374357490651282011-03-15T08:52:46.262-07:002011-03-15T08:52:46.262-07:00He sounds like such a wonderful man....surely his ...He sounds like such a wonderful man....surely his family is devastated by his passing.<br />You have given him a lovely tribute Karen. My love to you and his family at this sorrowful time.<br />xoxoxBusy Bee Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115487928147732314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-57488206827468408452011-03-15T06:40:53.339-07:002011-03-15T06:40:53.339-07:00I have a fondness for redheaded men. He sounds lik...I have a fondness for redheaded men. He sounds like a beautiful man and a true friend to you. I know he will be greatly missed, and send condolences to you and his family.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519140951660677172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-20397317534769705892011-03-15T04:35:33.558-07:002011-03-15T04:35:33.558-07:00Oh Karen, what lovely memories you have of this ge...Oh Karen, what lovely memories you have of this gentle man. It's often so difficult to feel good about oneself during the awkward years, and it sounds like through Bob's lovely manners, confidence and sense of humor you had a true friend. I'm so thankful for you that he was a part of your life, and so sorry that he died so young. It's certainly comforting to think of him with his arms around Katie though...Mary Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03952052366072701992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-64116601554916742572011-03-14T21:43:49.985-07:002011-03-14T21:43:49.985-07:00thank you for writing this very dear and personal ...thank you for writing this very dear and personal account of robert scott gilson in your life.<br /><br />it is so important to place a face on any loss. perhaps this is what is so difficult for us when enormous tragedy hits. it is only incomprehensible by magnitude. numbers, figures, endless visual streams of destruction. when it is distilled in personal stories...it will pierce each persons heart with the realness of what you share here. the loss of a friend.<br /><br />you are so beautiful, inside and out.rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265802752790310923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-9081271618343842312011-03-14T21:43:38.910-07:002011-03-14T21:43:38.910-07:00Oh I am sorry. He sounds like a wonderful man, and...Oh I am sorry. He sounds like a wonderful man, and in his face I see a gentle, strong soul. He looks a lot like my cousins, red headed and freckled, smart and good.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.com