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RIDGEFIELD — For the previous 4 years, Robert Doerr was typically called “Mr. Rob” to all the youngsters on Bus 36, which drove to a lot of the professors on the community, along with St. Mary University, Scotts Ridge Facility University, Scotland Elementary University as well as Barlow Hill Elementary University.

Doerr, a New Fairfield local as well as papa of a 4-year old-son, passed away Monday at Danbury Health Center. He was 38. First Scholar, the bus company that utilized Doerr, will certainly retire No. 36, in his honor.

“He was an outstanding, good dedicated papa,” discussed Doerr’s mommy, Cheryl Esposito, regarding her boy. “When (Rob) recognized that he was a papa, he went down every component as well as he transformed a bus chauffeur to bond along with his boy. He mosted likely to each medical professional’s visit. They have actually been just signed up with to the hip. Each solitary day, all you listened to was ‘Father, Father, Father, Father, Father.'”

Doerr’s family as well as friends prepare a fundraising event in his title. Contributions are mosting likely to costs as well as an idea fund for his boy, Leon Danka, that normally marked together with on professors bus trips. The charity event, described as “Aid Robbie’s family as well as Boy,” has actually increased over $9,500 due to the fact that it was produced Wednesday.

A Party of Life for Doerr could be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at Danbury Memorial Funeral Service Home, 117 South St., Danbury.

“Robert liked his career as a bus chauffeur with Very first Scholar Transport in Ridgefield,” his obituary states. “He suched as all the youngsters they generally liked him once again as well as he generally took his boy to deal with him. His goal in life was to make everyone smile, as well as he was fantastic at acquiring this goal. His finest ardour as well as enjoyment in life was boosting his boy, treasuring each 2nd with him.”

‘An excellent papa’

Esposito discussed Doerr, a U.S. Armed force expert, would certainly flatter his boy, that has the similar title as Doerr’s late sibling.

She discussed papa as well as boy suched as being outside — alpinism, taking pleasure in football, as well as cycling jointly.

“He educated him swim,” she discussed, consisting of, “He was a suitable papa.”

Bethel resident Jessica Nunez, that’s a bus chauffeur, stated she as well as Doerr have actually been friends outside of labor as well as would generally interact socially jointly as well as play computer game.

Nunez included Doerr was “so funny. He would certainly break jokes all the time prolonged. He would certainly do funny actings of everyone as well as any person. If you understood he was rounded, you understood you have actually been gonna chortle, all the time.”

“We could most likely to my house a range of circumstances. Every one of our young people would certainly play. We went tenting in Rhode Island,” she discussed. “He would certainly take the kids jet snowboarding, tubes, as well as swimming. He would certainly constantly just be doing something.”

Danbury resident Jenna Burdock, another bus chauffeur, discussed Doerr was the “most outward bound, funny person. He in fact made any individual chortle on the darkest of days.”

Kids have actually remained in ‘excellent hands’ with Mr. Rob

To commemorate Doerr, First Scholar bus company will certainly retire bus No. 36 as well as can provide the amount to his mommy, discussed Doerr’s auntie, Satisfaction Angelica, of New Milford.

Father as well as mommy discussed Doerr was cherished by their youngsters they generally really felt safe with him behind the wheel.

“The kids in fact suched as ‘Mr. Rob,'” discussed Ridgefield resident Steven Gmelin, whose 4 young people had Doerr as their bus chauffeur for the previous 3 1/2 years. “His Scotland ES bus course, Course 36, was infamous. Not a basic course, however he constantly had a handle on it as well as made sure the security of our young people.”

On the bus stop, he constantly placed the bus so that website visitors was definitely obstructed, Gmelin discussed.

“It was a little aspect, nonetheless it uses mommy as well as papa of primary professors young people the feeling of self-confidence that he is looking for them,” he discussed. “He would certainly swing as he tipped on the accelerator as well as repel. … It provided me alleviation that the individual that was driving my overall globe, got on prime of it. I am smashed {that a} excellent male, a papa of a more youthful young boy … left us as well promptly.”

Ridgefield local Robert Martin, whose little girls rode the bus with Doerr, remembered the circumstances when Leon would certainly experience the bus along with his papa.

“Any kind of mid-day the location his boy Leon marked on the bus created a specific experience,” Martin discussed. “As a mommy or papa, I understood my females have actually remained in excellent hands with Mr. Rob. He arranged our females as on the occasion that they have actually been his individual. … We’ll in fact miss out on seeing his grinning face, along with his accustomed in reverse hat on, as he repels from our house along with his accustomed dual honk.”