Barbara Bass advised me last night the Lion Sylvester (Bob) Bass passed on yesterday afternoon about 4 pm and died peacefully in his sleep. As you know from my recent pictures of our Menlo Park Host Lions Club 75th Anniversary dinner we honored Lion Bob for his lifetime of service to Lions and his community. I have attached three recent pictures of Lion Bob.

The one is from our completion of our Rebuilding Together Peninsula home renovation project for the Latisha Russell Family in East Palo Alto. Bob is in the center with the green shirt. Lion Bob worked almost every day on this project for most of April and the picture was taken on April 27th. The other two were taken at our Club's 75th Anniversary dinner at the Depot Cafe in San Carlos on July 5th. One shows Lion Bob receiving a plaque for his Lifetime of service to the Lions and the community. The one on the Sympathy Card is Lion Bob reflecting on this association with the Lions and how pleased he was over his 36 years of service to work with the many Lions, other organizations and friends on the many projects he was involved in during his lifetime with our organization. Our thoughts are with his wife Barbara Bass and his family at this time. This is a great loss to the Bass Family and to our Club. It is however good that he no longer suffers the pain and affects of the cancer he was fighting to the end.

The Bass Family will be working out the service arrangements for Lion Bob and he was a very active member of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church here in Menlo Park as well as his wife Barbara. The service for Lion Bob will likely be at Menlo Park Presbyterian. I am on vacation and I have tried calling some of our Club members and have left messages to call me back but this is what that message is about. When the service arrangements are set I will let you know. If you wish to send a card the address for Barbara Bass and family is 1971 Byers Drive, Menlo Park, Ca. 94025-2620.

Jim Bigelow, Menlo Park Host Lions Club
Secretary/Treasurer and Region Four Zone Three Chair

As I learn more, I will pass the information on to you.

Yours in Lionism,

Lion Cindy Smith, San Carlos Lions Club
District Sunshine Committee Chair