Dates
Robert "Bob" Lowell Crouch, 74, of San Angelo passed away on Monday, October 26, 2026.
Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Saturday, October 31, 2026 at Andice Cemetery in Florence, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of Robert Massie Funeral Home.
My brother Bob Jr. was born very prematurely on 3-23-1952 in the Bethesda Naval Hospital. His survival was a MIRACLE. Unfortunately, in 1952, they were not advanced in medicine enough to know how to protect these tiny miracles' eyesight!
As he came to Texas a few months later, San Angelo, he was surrounded with so much love & adoration, especially from our Aunt Nell & Uncle Chick, & many, many others.
When he was of age, he went to TSB in Austin (Texas School for the Blind), where he & his lifelong friends were shown & taught the life skills they would need for their lives to be successful & have purpose in this "sighted" world! These are the brothers & sisters that are still bonded... 70 years later! A connection that none of us would understand!
Mr. Goodenough taught/directed my brother for years to excel on the piano & 3 keyboard organ. Mr. G. was also blind, so he knew Bob could do it!!! He knew he was gifted in music early.
The main request at adult gatherings was always Floyd Cramer's "Last Date."
At TSB, Bob & friends formed a band & he was in many bands throughout the years.
After graduating from TSB in 1970, Bob was hired at IBM in Austin... the first blind person-ever-at IBM. There were no handicap rails, no special parking, no braille on the doors or elevator buttons... but he excelled! He broke many barriers for the "future."
He proudly came out of IBM with exceeding past production records! He had superior quotas! When he chose to leave IBM, he decided to go to TSTI in Waco for diesel engines/mechanics! My boyfriend & I loaded up his tool boxes in the horse trailer & he was off on a new journey! He never lost the enjoyment of working on engines!!
He loved the diesel engine in tractors, especially. So... he bought a brand new 1974 Massey Ferguson 135 model. It stayed between his home & mine & he's proud that one of my sons uses it daily on his ranch.
Bob's devotion to his Hamm Radios & to the collection he grew over the last 60 years is one of a kind. But most important are the lifelong friendships he has made through this group... brotherhood. One of Bob's friends in Louisiana did a final call of my brother's Hamm License #. They honored him with a moment for prayer. He was always honored to do that for one of "his brothers."
Thank you, Marvin. He loves you guys & needed you & enjoyed y'all's company.
We shared a lot of Bible stories & studies together... We shared our love of "fur babies," & we shared a lot of recipes!
So much life in 74 years is not on my paper... So many accomplishments not printed here... So many lives touched forever... So much sorrow to lose my big brother.
But now we must rejoice & praise the fact that my brother can SEE & no longer has pain or hardships.
Rejoice!
Love forever,
Your Sister