Robert Hamilton Burns, 86 of Beaverton, Oregon exchanged time for eternity after a long battle with Parkinson's disease on Saturday, March 21st 2020. He was a fighter and never gave up! He was born on September 21st, 1933 in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Frank and Josephine Burns.
Robert married to Lois Jean Rudolph on January 7th, 1956. They celebrated 64 years of marriage together.
Robert was a veteran and was in the Air Force and was stationed at Andrews Air Force base. He served 4 years active duty and 4 years of on-call duty.
Robert was a graduate of Rutgers University, 1968 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. He spent many years attending night school to obtain his degree while working and raising his family of 4 children. He also attended a program at M.I.T. for telecommunications.
Robert enjoyed a long career in the telecommunications industry. He started out working at AT&T in New Jersey and transferred to Pacific NW Bell in 1970. He worked for many years at PNB, MCI and consulted for many years. Robert was co-founder of Shared Communications.
Robert had many hobbies and he had a life long love of golf and played as much as possible. In retirement, he worked at several golf courses as a marshal and took over writing the monthly news letters. In his earlier years he sang in the church choir. He was a volunteer at St. Vincent's hospital for 10+ years greeting people and helping them find their way.
Robert enjoyed being in a bowling league for several years. He was an amature gemologist and rock hound and loved going to the coast to find "treasures". He loved science and anything to do with astronomy and space. He was not afraid to try new hobbies and dabbled in painting and stained glass. He and Lois traveled extensively and went on many trips around the world together.
He was a wonderful father and husband. Robert was devoted to his family; taking them for trips to the Oregon Coast and Columbia Gorge for hikes and picnics and family time together. They took many trips to OMSI as a family. He was always there for them and helped them become the people they are today.
He is survived by his wife Lois Burns, their children and spouses. Robert Shawn Burns, Melissa (Burns) Wagner and Dan Wagner, Heather (Burns) Guzman and Miguel Guzman, 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren with one more on the way in July. He is also survived by his sister Judy (Burns) Laqualia.
Preceded in death was his son Michael Hamilton Burns, September 3rd, 2012.
In leu of flowers, donations can be made to the Parkinson’s Resource Organization at https://www.parkinsonsresources.org
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