Newsday
In his many and varied careers and avocations, Patchogue’s Bob Suhrhoff was an Air Force service member, an ironworker, an NYPD officer at 9/11 and a home chef with a culinary school degree. But the true measure of the man, said one lifelong friend, took place in bars.
"If we were sitting in the bar and everybody would do a pool to get into the lottery, who holds the money? Bobby holds the money, since everybody trusted him. That's just his reputation," recalled Mark DeGasperi, of East Patchogue, a friend since childhood. "That man is trustworthy, no arguments. ... He always did the right thing."
And in ways big and small. "You could call him for help with anything," said his sister Gail Suhrhoff, of North Carolina. "You get a flat tire at night, you could call him to come help you."
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