Stories abound in the wake of Bob Templin’s passing in Post Falls on Tuesday morning. As do the endearing terms. A gentleman. Mr. Hospitality. A community booster. A throwback to another era.

Huckleberries remembers how excited Bob was when Post Falls finally landed a full I-90 interchange at Spokane Street way back when. He knew the interchange was important to the River City’s progress.

Coeur d’Alene Councilman Woody McEvers recalls how Bob dropped by his Rustler’s Roost restaurant in Hayden in 2008 after he had moved it from the old Great American building nearby. Bob shared a box full of Polaroids from the 1974 grand opening of the Great American as well as remembrances of food and staff from that restaurant. Bob didn’t have to do that.

Judy Linville-Manley, of Coeur d’Alene, once was a neighbor of Bob’s. She recalls talking to Bob and his wife, Mary, on their evening walks with their dog.

And one more thing. Judy said her children loved going to the Templins’ home on Halloween because Bob gave out full-sized sodas and full-sized candy bars.

Bob cared for others. And that’s why he’ll be missed more than most/DFO, Huckleberries Thursday. More here.

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