Robert was born August10,1945 to Robert and Margaret
(King) Collins in Chicago, Illinois both of whom preceded
in death. Robert grew up in Chicago, IL and New York
City, New York and was a proud graduate of Hirsch High
School in Chicago, Illinois. After high school, Robert joined
the United States Air Force. He was deployed oversees as
a communications specialist and served his country with
honor and distinction. He was a proud Vietnam Veteran
and he was honorably discharged in January 1969.
After his discharge, Robert worked in the banking
industry for several years. He was a founding member and
President of Mile High Bankers in Denver, CO. Robert
later transitioned to the United States Postal Service,
again serving with distinction until his retirement in August
2011.
Robert accepted Christ at a young age. He joined
Heritage Christian Center in 1990. He faithfully
served his church family as a greeter and usher until he
was too ill to serve. The joys of his life were fishing,
listening to old-school music, watching action movies and
old school westerns. He loved football, especially the
Denver Broncos. He was fun-loving and loved reminiscing
with friends and family.
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Robert met Cynthia Booker in December 1980 and
married in February 1983 and had a beautiful union until

his death. Not a day went by that you could not see his
love and commitment to Cynthia and their life together. In
addition to his beautiful bride, Robert leaves behind to
celebrate his life, cherish his memory, and live his legacy
his five adult children, Suzanne, Stephanie, Stephen,
Marlena and Robert A (Monica). He leaves six
grandchildren that as he says "are the apple of my eye":
Dyonasis, Charles, Stacy, Amari, Amiyah and Isaiah, (who
all lovingly called him Pa-Pa), his sister, Terri White, and
his other sisters Donna Williams, Patricia Griffin, Wendy
Richardson-Atwell. His two sister in-laws Tonja Booker,
Joyce Searcy and one brother in-law Norman Booker Jr.
He was also blessed with a host of nieces, nephews, and
numerous Cousins who were his "running buddies"
growing up. His family brought much joy to his life. Robert
also has friends too numerous to count, but truly cherished
in ways that only Robert could. All though Robert was a
man of few words one of the few things that he insisted
was that his family be loving, helpful and stay connected.
One of his biggest joy was taking his family back to his
birthplace Chicago and doing what he could to make
family reunions successful. One of the things
that no one could ever take away from him was his
honor. He never swayed from his code of honor and would
give his life to save another. Robert prayed instead of
cussed and he prayed when he upset.

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