Robert Alexander Canfield

Robert "Robin" Canfield, Robin was born April 11, 1951 in Denver, Colorado and passed away July 6, 2004 in Littleton, Colorado. He is survived by his wife Kathryn Gubricky Canfield; sister Margaret (Ron) Iseminger; brother Stephen Canfield and numerous cousins and other relatives and friends. Robin had an enormous capacity for joy, and when joyful, for highly vocal drunkenness. I hope joyful is how you will remember him. He was the most splendid, big-hearted and jolly fellow most of us ever met. Stop all the clocks. Cut off the telephone Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum bring out the coffin. Let the mourners come. Let the airplanes circle mourning overhead scribbling on the sky the message 'He is dead.' Put great bows round the white necks of the public doves. Let traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North, my South, my East and West. My working week and my Sunday rest. My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song. I thought that love would last forever. I was wrong. The stars are not wanted now. Put out every one. Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun. Put away the ocean and sweep out the wood. For nothing there can ever come to any good. ~ W.H. Auden