Robert Phillip Loveland

Robert “Bob” Loveland passed away at home in Danville, Kentucky on May 30,2026. There are those who like to say Chuck Norris was the toughest man alive, but Bob’s family disagrees. God now has his hands full with them both. It is likely they are bouncers at the pearly gates.

Bob was ridiculously funny, a dramatic storyteller, insanely hard-working, outrageously smart and loved with his entire heart. He was a patriot and a man of faith. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Wasp. After the Navy he began working at the Atlantic Cement Company in Ravena, New York as an electrician and from there went on to start his own business in Greene County, Loveland Electric. He earned the designation Master Electrician. Later in his retirement years he became a logger of sorts, cleaning and clearing his acreage in upstate New York, the type of hard work he loved and was famous (infamous) for. If you looked at his hands you knew just how hard he worked. They were the size of baseball gloves and gnarled by father time and manual labor. He was a “Mans’ man.” When strangers pointed out the size and condition of his hands, his daughter liked to tell them he was a concert pianist. That made him smile each time.

After his beloved wife, Mary Ann passed away, he moved from upstate New York to live with his daughter, Shelley and son-in-law, John in Danville, Kentucky. Words cannot describe how grateful they are to have had that time together with him. He loved Kentucky and being with his family. He marveled over Kentucky’s stunning horse farms, beautiful bluegrass, historical stone fences and kind people. His happiest times were spent with his daughter and son-in-law watching Boyle County Rebel football games, mornings on the deck having coffee listening to the birds or in the evening listening to blues, telling funny stories and maybe even sipping on a little moonshine or bourbon.

Bob was an avid, diehard Brooklyn, later Los Angeles, Dodgers fan and rarely missed watching a game. During most games he was trash talking (lovingly) with his son-in-law and texting his sister, Donna, also an avid Dodgers fan. He bled blue for the Dodgers, the Dallas Cowboys and the Duke Blue Devils, though later his heart bled blue for both Duke and the UK Wildcats (gasp, yes, he was a fan of both).

Bob’s love for his family was immeasurable as was theirs for him. He was the best, he was everything and he was and will continue to be loved deeply.