Robert W. Dasch

Robert Dasch, age 50, of Warden, Washington passed away on May 22, 2009 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane from complications associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Robert was born May 2, 1959 in Levittown, Pennsylvania, the fourth and youngest child of Raymond and Margaret Dasch. He was raised with his sisters Nancy and Susan and his brother George on the Delaware River in Trenton, NJ by his parents and his maternal grandmother, Dewey Besore. Robert’s friendly, generous nature, his curiosity and expansive intelligence were evident from a very young age, causing everyone in the family to dote on him, and everyone who met him to be instantly disarmed. Cranky neighbors who terrorized his siblings and other neighborhood children could be seen offering Robert cookies and Kool-Aid. He was unique and special and utterly irresistible from the start. Robert left the East Coast for Los Angeles in 1977 where he met Ruth Kurkowski. They were married on October 8, 1983 in South Lake Tahoe, CA. and subsequently moved to Ruth’s home town in Warden, Washington. Robert and Ruth worked together in Alaska for a salmon processing business, but eventually settled in Warden where Robert was employed by the Warden School District. Robert loved to read, and to fish, and to raise tomatoes and eggplant in his garden each summer, and he was famous for his homemade pizza and hoggies. He was a diehard Yankees fan (he never quite got over Thurmon Munson’s death in 1979) and was always willing to wager on the Super Bowl. He embraced life, and anyone who was fortunate to know him was a better person for it. He will be greatly missed. Robert is survived by his wife Ruth and his beloved dog, Sadie in Warden, Washington, his sister Nancy and brother-in-law Moss Calhelha in Cornwall, New York, his sister Susan Dasch in Trenton, New Jersey, his brother George Dasch in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, his nieces Dana Dasch and Kate Dasch in New York City, his niece Jane Calhelha in Asheville, North Carolina, nephew, Cpt. Robert Calhelha (US Army) in Vilseck, Germany , George Dasch, II in Levittown, NJ, mother-in-law and father-in-law, Betty and Joe Kurkowski, Warden ,sister- in- law and brother- in -law Roxanne and Mark Clark, Warden, brother -in-law and sister- in - law Joe & Patti Kurkowski, Warden, nephews Eric Clark, Moses Lake, Travis Clark ( Jody), Moses Lake, Kerry Kurkowski, Longview, WA, neices Angela Clausen, Moses Lake, Stacie White ( Steve) Spokane and great nephews Clayton Clark, Brock Clark, Moses Lake, great neices Madisyn Clark, Brooklyn Clark Moses Lake, Kylie White, Spokane. Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Margaret Dasch, sister - in - laws Teresa Kurkowski and Donna Dasch. Robert instructed that there be no formal memorial service. Donations may be made in his memory to National Public Radio or to the Moses Lake-Grant County Humane Society, 7321 Randolph Road, Moses Lake, Washington 98837. If you can fill the journey Of a minute With sixty seconds worth of wonder and delight Then The Earth is yours And Everything that's in it But more than that I know You'll be alright You'll be alright. -

Robert W. Dasch

May 2, 1959 - May 22, 2009