Robert Gordon Black Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Robert Gordon Black (Amherst, Nova Scotia), who passed away on August 19, 2023. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Warren Black and Alice Black (Chappell); his siblings, Louise Hollis, Bernice Black and Kenneth; his niece Betty Ann Ingram; his brother-in-law Elmore Gilroy; and his foster brother Neil Spicer.
He is survived by: his wife Helen of Brookdale, NS; his children, David (Linda), Grant (Anne) of Fall River, NS, Paul (Trudy) of Lorneville, NS, Dale Davis (Andrew) of Salem, NS, Ronnie (Liz) and Robbie Amherst (Cyndi); his grandchildren, Angela (Tom), Brian (Christine), Sarah (Matt), Amy (Brendon), Coleman (Ainsley), Ayerica (Kyle), Evan, Blair (Tiffany), Oliver (Andrea), Emily, Kennedy and Tanner; his siblings-in-law, Carl Gilroy (Joan) and Mary Gilroy; and his foster brother Michael Kaye. He is also survived by fourteen great grandchildren.
Donations in his memory may be made to the VON, the Cumberland Health Care Foundation or Cumberland County Museum and Archives.
