I recently received a phone call from our classmate Bill Halbert, informing me that Bob Guenzel passed away on February 8, 2026. The cause of death was Lewy Body Dementia. At this time there is not an available obituary.
Bob and i met when assigned to the same team in Little League baseball at age twelve. We became close friends in high school, remained in contact through college and some years thereafter. I missed Bob's marriage to Pam while in the army, and then lost touch after that stint while I was working in Chicago. Many years later we connected again and saw each other a few times over the remaining years.
Bill Halbert told me about Bob's begining battle with Lewy Body at our reunion at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club when my wife Judy and I sat with Bob and Pam. We would visit and have lunch with Bob and Pam every couple months over his remaining years. Pam was an incredible supporter for him as he continued to decline and we continued to visit him and Pam after his move to a senior living facility in Ann Arbor.
I hesitate to use the term because it is used so often, but Bob really was a TRUE Gentleman. Throughout his career with the NLRB, a law firm in Ann Arbor, and Washtenau county he worked with a high degree of integrity, honesty, and fairness.
A true friend over the years, he will be missed, but remembered with much fondness.
Stephen H. Ernst
Bob and i met when assigned to the same team in Little League baseball at age twelve. We became close friends in high school, remained in contact through college and some years thereafter. I missed Bob's marriage to Pam while in the army, and then lost touch after that stint while I was working in Chicago. Many years later we connected again and saw each other a few times over the remaining years.
Bill Halbert told me about Bob's begining battle with Lewy Body at our reunion at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club when my wife Judy and I sat with Bob and Pam. We would visit and have lunch with Bob and Pam every couple months over his remaining years. Pam was an incredible supporter for him as he continued to decline and we continued to visit him and Pam after his move to a senior living facility in Ann Arbor.
I hesitate to use the term because it is used so often, but Bob really was a TRUE Gentleman. Throughout his career with the NLRB, a law firm in Ann Arbor, and Washtenau county he worked with a high degree of integrity, honesty, and fairness.
A true friend over the years, he will be missed, but remembered with much fondness.