Robert Hoyt
Sept. 10, 1942 - Aug. 14, 2022
On Sunday morning, August 14, 2022, we had to say goodbye to our much-loved husband, father and grandfather, Robert Stephens Hoyt, Jr. Bob showed us all how to prioritize and keep family at the center, openly expressing his love for us. He loved the small joys of everyday life - morning coffee, reading, connecting with people, making memories, taking beach walks, watching sunsets from the deck and eating blueberry peach pie on his birthdays.
Bob was born in Lexington, VA on September 10, 1942 to Robert Stephens Hoyt and Isabel Williamson Hoyt. He was married to the love of his life, Marilyn, for 56 years. Bob and Marilyn met in college buying their freshman beanies.
Bob will be deeply missed by Marilyn, son Robert Preis Hoyt and his wife Julie, daughter Eliza Myung Severson and her husband Sean, daughter Margaret Yeaton Hoyt, grandchildren Sam, Isaac and Finn Hoyt, Isabel and Winnie Hoyt-Niemiec, and McCartney and Jo Severson, sisters Leigh McFaddin and Ridgely Hoyt Whitaker and their families, and sister-in-law Nancy Preis.
Bob was a poet, an avid composter, and he loved casting a lure or fly into the morning mist. He brought his wife coffee every morning and held her every night. He had
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Christine Quimby, Eliza Severson and 4 others
planted trees in the memory of Robert Hoyt
