Robert T. Peacock, 79, of Lake Placid, handed away peacefully on Nov. 14, 2023.

Born on Oct. 23, 1944, in Lake Placid, “Bob” or “Bobby” was the son of Robert J. and Leola (Taylor) Peacock.

His life was to be stuffed with challenges.

Bobby excelled at sports activities in highschool and the next is courtesy of Phil Beaney:

“Bobby was an excellent pitcher in high school. He had a good fastball and a knuckle curve that dropped straight down. When he was using that pitch, he was the best pitcher in the area. I traveled with Bob a lot as a kid as he played on my father’s town team. My father never had real good tires on his car so when we traveled, we would have a lot of flats. Bobby could change a flat tire quicker than anyone I ever knew. My father took him and a couple of other guys to a tryout for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bobby was the best pitcher there. They told my father that had Bob been one year older they would have taken him into their minor league system. Bob was 15 and you had to be 16 to be drafted, which at the time we didn’t know. Bob was a great athlete. Excellent skier and ski jumper. Great baseball player and a good football player (#38). He played guard and was good at it.”

Bobby additionally excelled in partying and after attending Paul Smith’s College ended up within the Army, stationed in Korea, needing some new route. Over the following years he labored for his father at People’s Dairy.

Later, Bob lived in Connecticut and subsequently he and his first spouse Janice moved to Lake Placid and began A Touch of Glass and Lake Placid Self Storage. Bob particularly favored shopping for outdated stuff together with gadgets of native nostalgia. “Brothers Peacock” have been identified to bid towards one another at auctions. Over the years, extra companies have been added to the listing and are in operation at present together with his spouse MarieLine, whom he met at Lachute Flea Market, Quebec in 2003. Bob was on his bicycle scouring the marketplace for antiques at 4:30 within the morning, and MarieLine had loads of outdated stuff to promote in her trailer. That was the start of their 20 years collectively.

While he was in a position, Bob loved enjoying golf, listening to nation music, driving his outdated automobile in the summertime, and going to storage gross sales. But his favourite pastime was speaking to individuals on the glass store.

Almost all the time cheerful even together with his well being points, the previous few years he was in a position to keep at dwelling beneath the watchful eye of MarieLine and devoted caregivers.

He is survived by his spouse, MarieLine Desilets Peacock; siblings Gary (Jamie), Nancy and Greg; nieces and nephews Adam (Molly), Ashley (Steve), Whitney (Adam), and Kevin; in addition to stepbrothers and sister Bill, Tom (Anne) and Charlie, and Connie Rascoe. The Canadian household consists of Jean-Francois Desilets (France), Paul (Nina) and Normand (Sylvie).

Bob was predeceased by his mother and father; first spouse Janice; and stepsister Patty Rascoe.

Bob was a person of braveness who might be vastly missed by household and pals.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be made to the American Cancer Society.

A funeral service will happen at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 27 at St. Agnes Church in Lake Placid. Burial might be at St. Agnes Cemetery. Everyone is invited to the reception afterward on the Whiteface Club and Resort, 373 Whiteface Inn Lane, Lake Placid.

The M. B. Clark, Inc., Funeral Home in Lake Placid is answerable for preparations.

Visit www.mbclarkfuneralhome.com to share a reminiscence or depart condolences for the Peacock household to cherish.