Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Tell Jesus, Happy Birthday and that we love Him! Miss you Bob, Merry Christmas.

December 21, 2006

Hey it's 70 degrees down here and there's only a week until Christmas...can you send us some colder weather and some flurries along with one of your great smiles for the holidays? We miss you... Merry Christmas Bob~

December 17, 2006

I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH. SO MANY ARE HURTING THIS WEEK YET I CANT HELP. PLEASE BE THERE FOR THEM. I DREAMED OF YOU TWO NIGHTS AGO AND HOPE WHAT YOU SAID IS TRUE. LOVE YOU BOB

December 10, 2006

Bob, tonight was your kind of night... lots of snow and
great for four wheeling. Miss you!!

December 1, 2006

Just feeling low today and wondering how very different all of our lives would be today if you were still with us. So much has changed. Could use some cheering up...miss you every day!

November 29, 2006

This year, as always, I'm thankful for the time I had with you, though I wish it had been longer. I miss you.

November 26, 2006

Another year and another Thanksgiving and Christmas without you. While we continue to mourn losing you every single day, I'd like to see if you could ask God to help all the Stanze's find the true meaning of the holidays once again and ask Him to help us all learn to be thankful for the many, many blessings we still have in our lives. You will be loved and missed forever! Now get that Santa hat on and spread some cheer down here will you??? :-)

November 21, 2006

Hey Bob - Just thinking about you & wanted to say hi. You are still in my thoughts every day. I noticed some weeds in my yard yesterday - I could just picture granddad out there pulling those weeds then trying to show me the "correct way" to pull weeds. :)
love you!

November 14, 2006

Happy Birthday Bob!

What a celebration you would have had....the Cards winning the World Series on the weekend of your birthday.
Hope you're having a cold beer, wearing your cards jersey and hat and looking down on all of us with a smile on your face.
Miss you....as always, love you forever.

October 29, 2006

Daddy,
I miss you, and what are you doing right now. I am typing to you right now and eating cookies. We are watching the Cardinal game. Are You? I am going to give you a pumpkin tomorrow. We went to the pumpkin patch today. Do you want a cookie? Daddy Mark is at the Cardinal game with Scotty. I wish you were here to go the Cardinal game or anywhere with us.

I Love You,
Wil

October 14, 2006

Bob,
I really miss you. I haven't felt you around the last few weeks, and I could really use a visit. I always wonder what it would be like to parent our children together and how would they be different if you were still here. Holly told me last week that she wishes you were here so she could give you hugs and kisses everyday. She can be so sweet, but also so determined. There is no doubt in my mind that she will be very successful in whatever she chooses to do with her life. And guess what...she likes to clean! That must be some recessive gene she got from somewhere. And John is one funny little guy. He is always so good, and always comes up with new ways to make us laugh. He looks and acts just like you. Last week he got to take a picture of his family to school for show-and-tell. He had to take a seperate one of you. It kills me that there isn't one of you and him together. Then of course there is our little Wil, who's not so little anymore. He looks like you more and more each day. I know he misses you a lot, and thinks about you more than any of us know. I never realized how losing you could break his young little heart so badly. You are in our hearts every day, but I wish you were in our home as well. I'd give anything to live just one day with all of us together, to know how it would have been. I just want to the kids to know how much you loved and treasured them. I want them to FEEL your love. They really like to visit you at the cemetary, especially John. I hope you like the things he finds to leave you there. He's always very proud. We all love you and miss you.

October 13, 2006

Hey Bob,
It was so nice to see all the people turn out for your golf tournament again this year. Just having you remembered by so many means sooo much. your friends outdid themselves again this year organizing and conducting the tournament.
you are very loved and will always be remembered by so many.

October 10, 2006

Hey Bob, I miss you so much. I’m getting ready to graduate college this year, and I wish you could be here to see it. I’ve got a lot of tough decisions coming up soon so please help me to make the right one.
Steve

October 5, 2006

Bob,
I could sure use your help with these parenting issues. It was a lot easier when the kids were just learning how to walk and everything they did was cute and funny. Please watch over all of us and help our pseudo-twins out.

September 23, 2006

Okay Bob, I'm sure you're having a nice time fishing, drinking some Busch Beer, and watching football and all, but we could all use a little help down here. Things have been rough for a lot of people and we could sure use your expertise (or at least your humor). How 'bout sending a sign our way and steering us in the right direction. We love you and miss you.

September 18, 2006

Just thinking about you and missing your laugh!
Keep watching out for all of us...we love you, always.

September 7, 2006

Can you believe our babies are going to start Kindergarten tomorrow. It's nights like this that I miss you. You should be here. You would be so proud of them and Wil. I know you will be with us in the morning and with Holly and John throughout the day. Make sure Holly Belle is not to scared, and that John doesn't get to silly on their first day in the "big school." I love and miss you always.
Me

August 24, 2006

To the Stanze family - Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you journey through this anniversary month. We aren't sure if the burden gets any lighter, but may your love and warm memories of Bob get you through the dark times.
Kathy, Mike and Jayne McEntee (Bill McEntee's siblings)

August 15, 2006

To the family and loved ones of Officer Robert Stanze and his fellow officers with the St. Louis Police Department:

On this the sixth anniversary week of Bob's tragic death, I wanted to honor and remember him today. Although I never had the privilege of meeting Bob, I feel as if I know him through the loving reflections left by loved ones and friends. His valor and courage will never be forgotten.

I hope that God is holding Bob, his wife and three children in the sweetest part of his heart and the most gentle part of his soul.

I am so sorry that Bob was robbed of his life so senselessly and tragically, but through his heroism and the profound sense of duty with which he lived his life, he made an immeasurable difference. May his spirit continue to soar and may his memory continue to inspire.

To Shelly, your undiminished love for Bob and committment to seeing that all his children know him, even if only in shared memories, is also inspiring. I am fortunate in that I also have a daughter-in-law like you, and no mother could have asked for a more devoted, faithful loving wife for her child.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the dedicated service Bob gave to his community and the citizens of Missourri, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on August 8, 2000.

Phyllis L. Loya, mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater, PPD
eow 4/24/05

August 9, 2006

I love you bob. I still can't believe you're gone. You'de think after six years it would seem real, but you are still such an important part of our lives. I will always think of you, need you and love you. please watch over mom and dad today -- and always.

deb house
sister of officer stanze EOW 08-08-00

August 8, 2006

BOB:

Chris and I are saying a prayer today for your family. The pain and hurt that your family is suffering never gets better. After your Mass this morning I was talking to your Father and I could see in his eyes what he is going through. Please help all of us, we sure do need it....

CHRIS AND TERRY SLOAN

August 8, 2006

Bob,
I can hardly believe you have been gone 6 years. In some ways it seems longer, and in other ways if seems like yesterday. We all love and miss you so much. I can't say it gets easier; we just learn to live in spite of it. I know you are watching over your family and taking care of them in anyway you can . . . that was just your way. Give Dan & Stu a hug from all of us, until we are with you all again!!

Love always, Aunt Pat

August 8, 2006

Another year gone by without you, miss you so much and would give anything to sit down with you and talk.

August 8, 2006

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family today.

Heather
Nick Sloan's Sister E.O.W 1/30/04

Heather
Nick Sloan's Sister

August 8, 2006

Bob-
Please be with your family and friends today. They will really need your help. We will come by and see you this weekend when we visit Nick. Give Nick a big hug from me.


The Stanze family-
You are in our thoughts and prayers especially today. I would have been at the mass today except that I have to work. My parents and daughter will be there. I hope it helps you a little bit to know that many people still remember Bob. I'm sure he is up there with Nick having a few beers.

James, Kelly and Payton Brown
Nick Sloan's sister

Kelly Brown
Nick Sloan's sister

August 8, 2006