Robert S. Tracy of Albany, CA.
passed away on June 12, 2007 at the age of 59, from the complications
of Multiple Sclerosis.
Bob was born on September 26, 1947 in Chicago, IL, son of
Katherine Keister and Atlee Sperry Tracy. He graduated
from Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, IL., where he
was quite the jock. He got his letters from wrestling
and cross country running. He went on to earn his BS
in Psychology and Anthropology from the University of North
Carolina – Chapel Hill where he was a member of Delta Upsilon
fraternity, his “second family”; and his Masters in Public
Administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. He
took a year of to work at Sugar Bowl ski resort and to travel
in Europe. He worked for the Veterans Administration
for 13 years in Washington, DC where he participated in a
theatre group and traveled throughout the country, consulting
on new and renovated VA hospitals.
He moved to Albany, CA in 1981 and married Barbro Sanfors
on November 8, 1992. They enjoyed Berkeley Rep theatre
and enjoyed traveling to sightsee and visit family. Bob
volunteered with the Oakland Multiple Sclerosis Society and
wrote the peer support newsletter for four years. He
was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Piedmont, CA. He
also participated in several yoga groups where he had many
dear and caring friends.
Bob is survived by his wife Barbro, sister Jane Steidel,
her husband David and son Karl of Quincy, CA; cousins: Karen
Schaefer of Greensboro, NC, Gail Schaefer of Efland, NC,
Tracy Merriman of Frederick, MD.; maternal aunts Dr. Mary
E. Keister and Mrs. Jane Bolton of Greensboro, NC and sisters
and brothers in law Ulla and Per-Erik of Sweden, Rolf and
Jenny of Holland, and a host of nephews and a niece.
Donations in his name can be made to Amnesty International
or the MS Society of Northern California. |