July 8, 1950 �" October 24, 2010
Robert Joseph Carr, 60, died peacefully October 24, 2010 at his home in Henderson, Nevada with his partner of 28 years, Arthur Murphy, at his side. Bob succumbed to a glioblastoma multiforme after battling brain tumors for 24 years.
He was born in Darby, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1950; was graduated from Philadelphia University in 1972; was an OR specialist in the US Army, Honolulu; and honorably discharged. He managed Gap stores in Philadelphia and San Francisco before becoming a business services representative for Computerland. In San Francisco, Bob volunteered with Project Open Hand and at Ralph K Davies.
In addition to his partner, Bob is survived by his aunt Mary McGoldrick of Houston, brothers John Carr, Harrisburg and Francis Carr, Houston; sisters Maryanne Carr Kozempel, Hatfield, Elizabeth Carr Crawford, New Jersey, and Rosemary Carr Luczejko, Whitehall; and by his friends John Downey, St. Petersburg, Patricia Chung, Tampa; Michael Amaro, Les Young, Dione Bowers, and Arthur McDonald, San Francisco.
He will be remembered for his warmth, great wit, charm, and courage in the face of his disease. He will be missed greatly by his many family and friends whose lives he so enriched with love.