Robin “Rob” Edward Smith
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Robin “Rob” Edward Smith, 63, Independence, Missouri passed away January 18, 2018. A visitation will be held 1:00 – 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society. A Celebration of Life will follow at 2:00 PM at Heartland Creamation & Burial Soicety. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in tribute to Ryan Hawn to the Team Flying Pigs at St. Louis MDA.
Robin Edward Smith was born in Los Angeles, CA on February 26, 1954 to Frederick August Smith and Myrtle Easter (Mytton) Smith. Fred & Myrtle were the parents of 4 boys: Russell, Mike, Allen & Robin.
He and Stephen (Steve) Davidson have been committed to each other since 2002 and were married on June 18, 2016. Robin is preceded in death by his parents, and brothers Russell and Allen as well as members of Steve’s family, Ryan Michael Hawn (grandson) and Alan Davidson.
Robin worked for US Bank in the corporate accounts bankcard section. He loved what he did and would take others under his wings to mentor and help them advance their career. He would put others before himself and often would send “e-cards” to employees to congratulate them. He knew bankruptcy rules inside and out and quite often alerted senior management of problems with accounts he had found that others had missed.
He loved to cruise and travel to the capitals of Europe. His favorite place to cruise to was to Alaska. He and Steve cruised to Alaska every four years since 2004. Ask any of his cruise friends that knew him about being stranded in the ice in Alaska and the cruise ship having to come into the fjord to rescue the tour ship; of course he missed the chocolate bar onboard that day.
Robin is preceded in death by his mother-in-law, Iona Davidson. He is survived by Steve of the home and of the Smiths: Mike Smith and sister-in-law Marilyn, sister-in-law Linda Smith (Russell) and four nephews: Steven, Kevin, Jeff & Brian. On the Davidson side he is survived by father-in-law Orlie Davidson, sister-in-law Linda Davidson; sister-in-law Linda Burk (Tom); sister-in-law Norma Davidson Reynierse (Steve); Matthew Davidson (Laura Beth); Sara Hemmann (Nathan) and Jennifer Hawn (Christopher) and 6 grandchildren: Charlotte Hawn, Ian Hemmann, Isaac Hemmann, Grant Hawn, RJ Davidson & Owen Hemmann. Rob is also survived by Steve’s nieces Stacy Huffhines & Kristi Webb and nephews Jeff Davidson and Nicholas Chamberlin III.
Rob was a wonderful friend. He was well loved and will be greatly missed.
We will miss Rob. He was a great man and we enjoyed traveling with him and with Steve. We will never forget the 2004 trip to Alaska and watching our friend almost walk on water. We will also remember a Puerto Vallarta and taking Rob and Steve to Casablanca. Lots of great memories were share. A big huge for Steve. Rob, you touched all in such a good way. Your friendship will never be forgotten.
I still have the rocks that Steve and Rob got me on one of our cruises. One of them was injuries!!! Rob was always happy. Always doing for others. I will miss him.
Robin was a wonderful and caring person he was a good mentor for me in my career and I will miss him dearly fly high my friend until we meet again ,
First of all Steve I am so sorry for your loss. I just realized I knew Robin as long as you two were together. I met Robin in August 2002 in the Lawsuit Follow Up Dept at Wells Fargo. We worked together and eventually I worked for Robin. I have never met a nicer person to work with. He was kind, a great listener and very intelligent. I remember when he would speak to someone on the phone and they would ask him how to spell his name and he would say, “Robin; like the bird!” I have many fond memories of a Robin and his two loves were Steve and going on vacation cruises. Rest in peace dear friend. You will be missed by many.
I really enjoyed working with Robin and was very impressed with his knowledge about so many topics. I respected him very much and often came to him for collection advice on my most challenging accounts. He will be missed very much for his contributions and never-ending thoughtfulness.