Contributions to the tribute of Alban Roberts Albert

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Heidi Gilmore posted a condolence

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Bye, Dad. You were so widely loved - if only you could have read all the remembrances on Facebook. Way more than even your banner year of senior yearbook comments about "Mr. Albert's jokes." You would have been humbled, as you always were. I'll love you forever and miss you even longer. Thanks to you and Mom for everything, but especially a love of family, a sense of commitment to community and the values of hard work. Bye Dad! (And, yes, it was a good one - at least as good as it could be.) Love, Heids

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MaggieSteciuk44@gmail.com lit a candle

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Condolences Heidi on the loss of your father, a great man. Margaret Cusack-Steciuk

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Heidi Gilmore Posted Dec 30, 2020 at 6:24 PM

Thank you, Maggie. Besides a great teacher, artist and friend to all, he was also a great father. Heidi

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Paul Pinajian posted a condolence

Sunday, June 28, 2020

As a high school classmate of Heidi’s I’d like to express my sympathies to the entire family I just can’t imagine the grief of losing both parents so close to one another although we must consider ourselves very lucky to have had such wonderful accomplished loving parents for so long. May he REST IN PEACE.

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Heidi Gilmore Posted Dec 30, 2020 at 6:25 PM

Thanks Paul. Really appreciate your comments. Yes, we were very, very lucky to have our parents as long as we did. But as you know, no matter how long, it's never long enough. Take care. Heidi

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Christopher wilson posted a condolence

Monday, June 22, 2020

To the Albert family I’m so sorry for the loss of your father. I went to Indian Hills high school and study under John Osborne where I started to go to your fathers studio at night,where I met your dad when I graduated in 1981 your father awarded me with a summer scholarship to his studio. One of the best memory I have of your dad is whenever he like something I was doing he would say to me remember Tony the tiger it’s great. As I look at my paintings on the walls of my apartment today I think back about what great times they were and how blessed I was to have great teachers like your father . I Would like to send my condolences for the loss of your mother as well. Christopher Wilson

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Heidi Gilmore Posted Dec 30, 2020 at 6:27 PM

Thanks for your comment, Christopher. Your comments about Tony the Tiger and "it's grrrrreat" brought a smile to my face. That was quintessential Dad. I loved reading your remembrance about studying art and how much John and Dad did for you. What a fine legacy he has left behind, in memories such as yours. Heidi

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Ed Galenkamp posted a condolence

Thursday, June 4, 2020

I was a student in his class at Ramapo Regional HS the first year it opened. I’m still painting (RAI) and grateful for “MR Albert” Encouraging me. Ed Galenkamp

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Heidi Gilmore Posted Dec 30, 2020 at 6:30 PM

Thanks Ed. The family really appreciates your comments about Dad. It is amazing to me how many of his students remained in touch with him - even, like you, from the early years of Ramapo. The Ridgewood Art Institute was a treasured organization for Dad, even after he opened his own studio in Wortendyke. All the best to you. Heidi

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Margaret Rowlands Banz posted a condolence

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Heidi, Kenneth and families, I was so very sorry to hear about the loss of your parents. Nothing can ever prepare you for it. I talked to your Mom in the early 2000’s (she knew me from working in HS office). I’d called to talk to your Dad, he’d been my teacher at Ramapo and at the Wortendyke studio. He was away babysitting the grandkids. I wound up talking with your Mom, she gave me great counsel and advice. I would never even have considered going to Art School without your Dad’s support. I had called to share with him, after a career of working in commercial art, I’d retired. I had finally started working again at painting and sculpture and was having success selling my artwork in galleries and gift stores. Any success I have enjoyed is in no small part due to the inspiration and education I received from your Dad. And I am not alone, I am just one of hundreds of lives touched and changed by your parents.I consider it an extraordinary privilege and blessing to having been able to call your Dad my teacher and mentor. He taught me not just to look but to see. Thank you so much for sharing your parents with all of us. God Bless you and grant you peace at this sad time. Margaret Rowlands Banz, Ramapo HS ‘65 Sent from my iPad

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Heidi Gilmore Posted Dec 30, 2020 at 6:33 PM

Thank you for your comments and remembrances, Margaret. They were very touching to read. It is amazing to learn of all the lives Dad and Mom touched, as well as the art careers they influenced. The word "mentor" is a common theme throughout memories of Dad. Sounds like you are a very talented artist who just needed that little push to believe you could do it. Kudos to you for doing it and achieving success! Heidi

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Carolyn Clegg Tanner posted a condolence

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Our hearts go out to Kenny, Karen and Heidi and their families. To lose two parents in such a short time is a tremendous loss. I have so many fond memories of Uncle Al. I can still hear his laugh as he told one of his many jokes. He always loved a good joke. He was always kind and humble in spite of his many accomplishments. I think of him all the time as his paintings are hanging on the walls of my home. We will all miss him very much.

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Heidi Gilmore Posted Mar 9, 2024 at 4:19 PM

Thanks Carolyn. We have all shared many happy memories across the decades, from childhood through, now, to having our own adult children. I have many treasured remembrances of all of our extended family gatherings growing up. So happy that we have all stayed in touch! ❤️ Love, Heids

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Love, Dave, Carolyn, Lauren, and Jen planted a tree in memory of Alban Albert

Thursday, May 28, 2020

There are lots of good memories from our times in Maine with a Goose. We felt it would be nice to honor him and his memory with something beautiful. Join in honoring their life - plant a memorial tree

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Thursday, May 28, 2020

Alban Roberts Albert

1926 - 2020

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