Kerri: Thanks for memories, Bob

I was expecting a tribute to Bob Hough from Kerri Thoreson in her Main Street column today — and Kerri didn’t disappoint:

Last month, on the eve of Bob Hough’s 89th birthday, I visited him at Orchard Ridge to drop off a birthday card and give him a hug. He and Cokie, his bride of nearly 66 years, had just weeks before made the move from the home they’d shared on Fourth and Foster since the 1950s, which can be an overwhelming transition. So I was happy to see that they were settling in for the next chapter of life. As I sat next to Bob, who was comfortable in his recliner surrounded by family photographs, I laughed and I told him he was “blowing up” my Facebook page with comments after I’d posted his photograph earlier that morning. I opened the page on my smartphone to show him and then began reading him the dozens and dozens of birthday wishes and personal messages. With many he would pause and tell me a story of how he knew the poster, touched to be the recipient of such affection. More here.

• Bob Hough’s obituary /Coeur d’Alene Press