Robert Louis DeToro, Jr.
December 27, 1980 ~ March 1, 2001
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
A native of New York City, he was the son of Susan Bisciotti Supon of Largo, Florida and Robert L. DeToro, Sr. of Milford, Conn. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Donato L. Bisciotti and his paternal grandfather, Louis DeToro.
Rob lived for the past three years with Jim and Marie Hefley and was a graduate of T.C. Roberson High School. He was a manager of the school baseball team and also was a member of the Knowledge Bowl Team. He was a freshman at Appalachian State University and a member of the Catholic Campus Ministry. Rob’s life was filled with sports, especially baseball and the New York Mets.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his maternal grandmother, Marion Bisciotti of Largo, Fla.; his paternal grandmother, Mae DeToro of Toms River, New Jersey; a half-brother, Jared DeToro of Fairfield, Conn. and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Rev. Father Roger Arnsparger at 3:30 Monday in the St. Barnabas Catholic Church.
Memorials may be made to the T.C. Roberson Foundation Rams Club, c/o T.C. Roberson High School, 250 Overlook Road, Asheville, NC 28803.
Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is in charge of arrangements.
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Rob,
You’re the man. Thanks for being the greatest friend anyone could ever have. I can still hear your voice screaming from the dugout as I step up to the plate. I, along with a lot of other people, are going to miss you buddy.
Love Tav
rob
i will love you forever and hope your family and friends find a way to get through this. i will always remember your messy room.
i love you april
Rob,
Being the new guy, you took me right under your wing the first day we met. You always had a kind word to say and I never saw you when you weren’t smiling. Thanks for being such a nice person and for loving the game like it should be loved. I know you’re smiling down on us all. You and your family have our prayers.
Reid
Rob,
You were a very special friend/member of the team. We all will miss you greatly.
Lynn Price
Rob was a wonderful friend to me when we went to school together here in Milford CT. He was always there to give advice, be a shoulder to cry on or to cheer you up with a good laugh. We would talk on the phone till very late at night about his time in NY, music and anything else going on at school. He was very generous in offering help to our sports teams and to the people in our class. Im happy to have known such a great friend and will miss him very much. My condolences to his family, he was a wonderful person.
Robert was a presence who wanted everyone
to be happy. He would seek you out and make
you smile. He always had a kind word for anyone
he encountered. His smile lit up his face, then the
room and even the entire gym. His enthusiasm and
spirit will live forever. He would stop by my classroom
and just chat about yesterday’s sporting events, or
just what was going on in school. Inevitably you
would end up smiling for the rest of the day. As a
sophomore he enjoyed coming into my freshman
classes and chatting with them before moving on
to his classes.
Robbie, as I knew him, was a gentle soul, who did, indeed love sports. As his next door
neighbor in Milford, Robbie spent much time on evenings or weekends in my home or in my yard. He was a very bright and inquisitive young man, always seeking to understand the actions of others, and what his place in
this life was and could be.
Though I am greatly saddened by Robbie’s departure from us, I am confident he has found the answers he sought in life, now that he has moved on to a loving reality.
I had the pleasure of knowing Rob. I am friends with most of the baseball team and he was a big part of it. Rob loved the game of baseball and could pretty much tell you anything you wanted to know about it. And as for Roberson baseball, well, he loved it even more. He was a great guy and will be missed by all.
On behalf of ‘ Robert ‘ we would both like to express both our sincere sympathies and condolences to Susan and the rest of the family. Although we never knew her son ‘Robert’, Teresa and I are very sad for the loss of her son. Our prayers are with her and her entire family during this time of pain. ‘Robert’ be will be missed but, will always be as close as your thoughts.
Sincerly,
Teresa Dadswell
&
Patrick Steele
Rob,
You will be greatly missed by me and the many others I know that you touched. Our lives will be forever changed. Thanks.
My deepest condolences and prayers to your family and all those that grieve your loss. You will always be with us.
Sincerly, Carl Demkow
This message is for Susan Supon, Rob’s Mom, I only knew him by knowing you Susan. He was a special boy, because your a special lady. By reading the memorial guestbook, I wish, I had, known him. I am very saddened by your loss and hope all your memories and thoughts will be as fond as the one’s written here.
With sincere sympathies,
Joe DesRosier
We’ve known each other since we were kids.couldn’t ask for a better friend.always remembered him as the one who was the expert on politics.he always had a great sense of humor .so sad that I’m now just finding out bout him passing.you will be dearly missed!love you big guy;
My Dearest Rob, I miss you everyday. It’s painful to think that your light is not on this Earth anymore. There is so much I don’t understand and cannot make sense of. I just let it be Rob….. let it be, let it go, and let it float away. You were my everything darling. You cut me in half when you decided to leave. Almost twenty years later and I’m still in that place, still in love, still broken like a child when I face your loss…..my loss. Just missing you as another year climbs closer. Forever part of you,
Noelle