You will be missed my dear Friend Rob Appell- "The Past Has Passed...It All Seems So Long Ago "

that was a nice tribute

Thanks Peter!

We all loved Rob and will miss him so much, thank you for sharing this with us April, he was very special to me as he was to many, love, Elsie

Thanks Elsie, I think we are all grieving. I remember when he and I won gathers contest for arbor day and him and I chatted about how great that was and my planting of the tree as a memorial tree for my grandaughter was his idea, and I loved his posting with the students as he donated his tree to aa local school to him in NY

That sounds exactly like Rob, thank you April for the memory, remember that time too

This is very sad news.

very hnice tribute April.

What a very beautiful, movig tribute to a man who will be so greatly missed. I still can hardly believe the shocking news from yesterday. Even when things were really tough for him, he was always there to help, and console, others. Such a giving person, he will be sorely missed.

Awww, so sad, I did not know he passed away. How long had he been sick?

Lee,
His best and most loved friend wrote this to let us all know that is how I found out
Everything Happens For A Reason by Scott L.

OMG! I can't believe it. He would always comment my articles and pictures with lovely comments. I'm going to miss that. I still can't believe it. He was a great man. My heart goes out to his family and friends. He will still live on, through us at Gather, for his spirit still remains at Gather. Great tribute April. <<<<<<HUGS>>>>>>

This was an extremely lovely tribute to a dear man April. Thank you.

May he rest in peace. He will be missed.

Wonderful tribute for such a sad event.

r.i.p rob

Rob made just a few comments on some of my stuff, but then I never heard from him again. His friend Scott is on my friend's list. I would often get stuck reading Rob's articles and comments. He was very down to earth, and yes charming, full of wit, quite intelligent. From what I read he suffered from a lot of health problems in the past few years. I did not sleep good last from thinking about him. He was born in 1957, I was born 1956, he was one year younger than me and from all I read too seemed to have done a lot of living during his life time inspite of all his troubles. He was a survivor that I suppose just felt it was time to give up "trying" to survive with all that was going on in his life. And his friend Scott said he was particularly depressed about changes to Gather. I know he was too, I read his posts and he was very upset, but it seems to me like he uploaded some photos and did a few posts that still got tons of views. He was a good writer, and was able to keep me focused on his writing, I am not able to focus on too many people's writing. The only comment he gave me was when I was posting articles. I posted one about dogs and then one about a health problem. He answered and said, now wait a minute wasn't we just talking about "dogs," and now it is whatever the health article was about. He could zero right in on things. I just laughed and laughed at his comments and his articles. He had quite a sense or humor. Somehow I feel like he was ready to leave this world, he said he sent off his nurse helper and stopped taking his medicines, I just feel like he made a decision that he felt was best for him. I too will miss him on Gather even though we never really connected, I did stop read his stuff when I came across it. He was a good looking man at all ages. He seemed like he was probably a lot of fun to be around. I feel compassion also for his closest and what seemed like a beloved friend and one time partner to Rob, which was Scott. I know Scott is deeply grieved at this time.

I did not know until now. I've been thinking about him a lot lately. I feel awful.

I didn't even hear about this. How sad.

Very sad but a very nice tribute. My condolences to all who knew him well.

I will miss Rob. I loved to read whatever he posted. He will be missed.

A lovely tribute to Rob, April. Thank you. He was so very kind and loving and giving.

I'm glad that Rob was able to be there for you. Being a good friend was one of the most important things to Rob in his life.

He was a great friend to us all.

THANKS FOR TELLING ME, I WILL MISS HIM..

I say we all send a last batch of sugar free cookies to Rob in care of his family. The girls asked me if we could do just this earlier today when I told them about Rob's passing. I don't have an address other than Rob's though, but I think it will be awesome for his family to see how much he was loved. Remember all the times he mentioned how Gather crashed the hospital server.

Its so sad.

What a nice tribute to Rob.
We will all miss him.........

I didn't know him as well as some, but always found his articles to be wonderful. He seemed to be one of those people who knew just what to say at just the right time. I know he will be missed by everyone.

April
What a great job you did for Rob..
Its beautiful!!

He will be missed.. : (

wow. so sad

I wasn't connected to Rob but I did enjoy his comments and I read some of his articles. I admired his sense of humor, his courage, and his attitude. He is missed.

Beautiful tribute, April.

He was one of the good ones!

Rob was one of my buddies. I loved our chats. I haven't been on consistently this past year. Larry was out of work and my schedule was just out of wack. I just found out. Thank you for the lovely tribute. My heart feels broken too.

THANKS FOR SHARING