Robert Edward Metz
Robert Edward Metz, 61, of Orland Park. Beloved husband of Shelley. Loving father of Emily Tudor, David Metz, Kevin Marszalek, Robyn Marszalek, M.D. (Jason Taddeo) & Kelly Marszalek, M.D. Devoted brother of Raymond (Carol) Metz & Anita (Michael) King. Dear uncle of many. Visitation 3pm until time of Funeral Service 7pm Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Hallowell & James Funeral Home, 1025 W. 55th St., Countryside. Private inurnment Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to your favorite charity appreciated. Bob was a machinist at University of Chicago for the past 15 years. Funeral home phone 708/352-6500 or www.hjfunerals.com
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Sue Maurovich
Such a wonderful man. So loving, giving and caring. He worked so hard to provide for his family. He was my next door neighbor for many years. You will be missed Bob. May you rest in peace.
I hope someone is still reading this because I only recently found out Bob had died after visiting the University of Chicago campus for the first time in many years, and I wanted to send my condolences to Bob’s loved ones and share some memories.
I was an undergraduate at U of C from 2004-2008 and worked in a physics lab on the VERITAS project, and this is where I encountered Bob. I did a variety of grunt labor tasks – packing and shipping boxes, random simple mechanical things, etc. Bob was always kind and friendly and patient with me, even though I didn’t really know what I was doing, and even when I managed to break his favorite 5/8 drill bit.
I was also a member of the student astronomy club, and at one point, the lens cap for our 100-year-old telescope broke, and I was trying to figure out how to replace it. I went to ask Bob and some of the others in the lab if they had any ideas or knew of a supplier that might have something that would work. Bob walked over to the corner of the room, picked up the lid from a blue 5-gallon bucket, and said “How about this?” The size was perfect, but because the telescope had a bit of a strange mounting configuration with some other stuff attached to it, the cap needed a little bit cut out of it. This was no problem at all, said Bob, and took it over to one of his machines and neatly cut the bite out of it. It was a perfect and simple solution, and we were so grateful! I know we dragged him up to the roof of the Ryerson building to one of our events at one point to show it to him.