Published in The
Palm Beach Post on 11/17/2008
Robert Williams "Rob" Vanattta, 63,
of Columbia and St. Louis, MO and Jupiter, FL, passed away Saturday, November
15th at his home in Jupiter, FL.
Rob held
undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri, and he played on
the Missouri basketball team under his father, Bob Vanatta. Rob worked as a
corporate attorney in Missouri, Minnesota and New Jersey.
Rob was best
known by family and friends as someone who loved life to the fullest, enjoyed
his friends and family, never quit and made the best of any situation, making
others laugh even while fighting cancer in his last months.
Survivors
include a daughter, Leslie Vanatta; a son, Matthew Vanatta; parents Bob and Lois
Vanatta; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Tim and Rhonda Vanatta and Tom
Vanatta.
A celebration of his life will be
held in a private location.
In lieu of
flowers, the family requests donations in his honor to Hospice of Palm Beach
County.
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