Robert "Bob" James Green

Artist, drummer, and writer, Bob will be dearly missed. Devoted husband to Veronica Ross. Loving brother to Shirley Petty (Roy 2013). Devoted uncle to the Petty family. Forever remembered by many extended family and friends. Predececased by his parents Lillian and William Green.

A private family burial has taken place. A memorial gathering will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Humane Society or a charity of choice would be greatly appreciated.

Inducted into the Cambridge Hall of Fame, 2017 --

Bob Green is a writer, artist, musician and humourist - one of Galt`s best known and best loved contributors to Canadian art and letters. He was born in Galt in 1930, graduated from Ryerson's journalism program, worked at the Vancouver Sun, but returned to Galt as the wire editor of the Reporter. His books include "Eavesdroppings: stories from small towns when sin was fun," recollections and stories of Galt, Preston and Hespeler that were taken from his widely enjoyed Cambridge Reporter columns, and, "It takes all kinds," more stories about the local communities and their characters. "The great leap backward" originally - published in 1968, came out again in 2015. It is a prophetic work of fiction about people who fear machinery and computers.

Green's artistic media are primarily oils and acrylic. According to an article he wrote in the Cambridge Citizen, Bob opened his first art gallery (the first of four) in 1976 above the back end of the Bank of Commerce at the corner of Water and Main. He supplemented his artistic income by working as a porter at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Some of his work is held in the City of Cambridge Corporate Art Collection, and another piece is held by the City of Cambridge Archives; many are in private collections.

The multi-talented Green starred in a Canadian short film, Metamorphosis, which won the Short Film Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival in 1976. Green played the part of a man who makes his home in an elevator.

It has been music that has been Green`s lifelong companion. Interested in music from his early childhood, he became a jazz drummer for local bands in his high school years, playing for the Charlie Rush Trio and Johnny Kostigan`s band at Preston`s Leisure Lodge. He has played in all kinds of bands, including country western, and played at Milford Manor on Lake Muskoka with Robert Kerr. More recently, he played with the Arte Trio.

Green was awarded the Bernice Adams award in 1982 for Visual Arts, and in 1998 won the Bernice Adams Special Trustee Award. The Rotary Club gave him a Paul Harris Fellowship in 1997. He is married to author, poet and editor Veronica Ross.