Robert Neal Vickrey
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Robert Neal Vickrey, 78, of Sweet Springs, Mo passed away October 8, 2019. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM, Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 1433 NW R.D. Mize Road, Blue Springs, Mo 64015. An Irish celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Mr. Vickrey was born August 20, 1941 in Dresden, Mo to Kenneth and Hazel (Hughes) Vickrey. Robert honorably served his country in the US Army in 1965 and 1966, spending a year in Vietnam. He married his wife Tanya on December 17, 1983 and after thinking he would never be a father, he was blessed with his first child at the age of 45, and his second at the age of 48. He was well known in the trade show profession and was lovingly referred to as “Big Bob”.
Robert is survived by his wife Tanya, a daughter Desiree, her husband Mike and their son Holden and a son Shenandoah and many friends and family.
He was preceded in death by his parents Kenneth Carlton and Hazel Clara (Hughes) Vickrey, and siblings; William Darrell, Jaqueline Maude, Charles Wade, Betty Ruth, Dorothy Evelyn, Carl Kevin, James Asel, Kathryn Ann and Mary Ellen.
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The world is a little less bright.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Big Bob will be missed. What a gentle giant.
Sending the family my heart-felt condolences and wishes that your memories of Bob make your heart smile.
He will always be remembered for his kindness and intense love and devotion for his family. We will all miss you. Hugs to Tanya, Des, and Shenandoah.
Cherish your memories. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. .
You’ve all been in my prayers. Condolences to all.
Thinking of you every day.
My high school classmate; my cousin’s brother-in-law. He was always a kind, gentle person.
He will be missed.
Bob was such a nice man. Always had a smile.
He was in my moms class, and was her coronation ball king. He was so tall and she is so short. ?
You have my deepest sympathy. He was a good man. Praying God’s comfort and peace for you all.
Bob was ahead of Frany in school a couple of years but has so many fond/funny stories of those times. I remember my time working at the V restaurant and being teased “a lot “, fond, fond memories for sure. Prayers for your family as I know you all too have many, many wonderful memories of this truly wonderful man.
Although it has been years since I have seen “Big Bob”, I thought about him often as he was one of my first mentors at Freeman New Orleans 22 years ago…and what a great mentor Bob was.
Tanya, I’m so sorry to hear of the passing of Big Bob (I could never just call him Bob – it was always Big Bob). He was always good for a story about back in the day and had kind words for everyone. I remember how happy he was to find you and especially when he became a father. He lived a life well lived and I know you have a lifetime of memories to cherish. God bless you and your family.
While Bob was many years ahead of me in school, I have many fond memories of him and his prowess at Basketball. He literally was bigger than life itself. Condolences to all his friends and family. God has a plan.
I met Big Bob in New Orleans when we were both working at Manncraft. He was living in KC then. It was a Mark Duffy job at the Rivergate. He always handled his job as cool as a cucumber and always with a can do way of approaching even the most difficult job or personality. When Bob left Freeman o-so-many-years ago we lost touch – me off to Dallas, then Las Vegas. I always had the best of memories with him. He was a friend – a very good one. My belated condolences to you, Tanya, and your family. I am glad that he was blessed with you.