Robert W. Koendarfer
August 21, 1948 - October 19, 2013
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Robert W. Koendarfer
August 21, 1948 - October 19, 2013
Obituary
Robert knew God and was a child of God. God lived in him and he lived in God. Robert had the Spirit of truth and was not afraid to share it. He knew how much God loved him and he put his trust in God’s love. We believe Robert has eternal life in Heaven through Jesus Christ. 1 John 4:7-21.
Robert lived his life in an extraordinary way. He spread joy and happiness. He was lighthearted and would often say: “don’t worry, God will provide”, and God did. He would lift our worries from us and, as a Believer in Jesus Christ, he was a living example of the scripture: “Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Matthew 11:29)
Robert loved his family very much. He was devoted to his family and wanted us to be happy. He always made us laugh and enjoyed knowing his children were blessed with this gift too. Our house was always filled with laughter.
Robert was a hard-working man and committed to providing for his family his whole life. He also took time to relax and have fun and created many wonderful memories.
He was a lifelong Dodger fan even after he became a resident of Orange County and passed his love of baseball and the Dodgers onto our family. He was honored to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame and Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, where it all began.
He was a lifelong Disney fan too and loved the happiness Disneyland brought to his family. Robert took a liking to Grumpy, probably so he could cheer up Grumpy. A year did not pass without a visit to Disneyland or Disney World.
It was not until his late fifties when Robert got back on a motorcycle again. He purchased a Honda VTX 1800. The salesman told him it was too powerful a bike, but he disagreed. Robert road like a Bat out of Hell and he loved it. He customized his bike with bad ass accessories. His son purchased the same make and model bike and, when Robert was 64, they rode to Tombstone together.
Robert passed on his love of surfing and the beach to his family. He had an original Dewey Weber longboard that he could never part with. Despite being asked to sell it, he did not because he just had too many memories tied up in it and would rather keep it in the family.
My husband, Robert was a gift from God to me and the love of my life. He was my joy and my everything on Earth. Our love for each other is endless. We would playfully ask each other: do you know how much I love you? The answer was always something with a measurement of infinite proportions, like more than all the stars in the sky. We had agape love for one another, which is the highest and purest form of unconditional love. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God.
We love you so much and will remember how you lived. We will go on being a family.
229 responses to Robert W. Koendarfer
Joyce Lynn Koendarfer says:
October 10, 2014
Robert is the love of my life and always will be, forever and ever.
Joyce Lynn Koendarfer says:
October 19, 2014
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Joyce Koendarfer says:
October 20, 2016
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Noah Koendarfer says:
April 2, 2019
Looking through all the comments here, I noticed that I hadn’t said anything yet about my dad. There isn’t much to say because really there are days that I seem to know when he is around me. I sometimes smell his cologne that he always wore or when I am riding my motorcycle I sometime look to either my right or left and I think he he riding right next to me. It was something we always loved to do together on a nice weekend when I was home or around. I loved watching him play with his grandchildren and watching the Dodger game and having a beer with him. We both always talked about bbq since we loved to cook. I miss him everyday and some days are harder than others as I always seem to be talking to him and hoping he can speak back to me as if I could hear his voice.