Bob was born in Brooklyn, NY and graduated from New Utrecht High School followed by Brooklyn College and the NYU School of Dentistry. After receiving his D.D.S., Bob served in the U.S. Army Dental Corp and was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri with his wife Bobbi. Upon completing his Army service, Bob and Bobbi moved to Bricktown in 1965 where he opened his dental practice. He later moved to Lakewood, NJ with his family. Dr. Krantz in recent years moved to Manasquan, NJ, and spent winters in Boca Raton, Florida with his beloved wife of 56 years, Bobbi.
Bob is predeceased by his parents, Irving and Henrietta Krantz and his sister Carol Krantz.
He is survived by his wife, Bobbi; his children, Andy and his wife Laura, Brian and his wife Erica, and Ricki and her husband Ira Horowitz; and his grandchildren, Jonathan, Halle, Ellie, Sophia, Danni and Morgan.
Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, December 23rd 10:30 am at Temple Beth Am Shalom, 1235 NJ-70, Lakewood, NJ. Interment will immediately follow at Beth Olam Memorial Park, Rt. 70 Lakewood, NJ.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you please make a donation in Dr. Krantz's memory to Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Asbury Park, NJ, Brick Kiwanis, or Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal, NJ.
Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, Ocean, are in charge of arrangements.
