Robert "Bob" Gast, 82, of Caddo Mills, Texas passed away quietly on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at the home of his daughter, Terri Schonfeld and her husband Dr. Alan Schonfeld, in Lone Oak, Texas. He was surrounded at the time of his passing by the love of his daughter, son-in law, and his beloved grandchildren Mackenzie Mansour-Schonfeld and Shawn Mansour. A Graveside service and burial will be held at 11a.m. Tuesday, January 17 at Lynch Memorial Park in Greenville, Texas. Ryland Whitehorn, Executive Pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, where Bob was a member since 1985, will be officiating. Bob was born January 16,1940 in Meriden, Connecticut to Arthur Stanley Gast and Jennie (Pannascowich) Gast. He had three siblings: Arthur Gast Jr., Joanie Gast Yates and Linda Gast Yount. He attended Georgia Tech in civil engineering after serving from 1961-1964 in the U.S. Marine Corps and 1964-1967 in the Marine Corps Reserves. He married Charlene Rock in 1965 in Lakeland, Florida where he adopted and raised their children Terri Sharlene Thompson-Gast and Lyndon Shayne Thompson-Gast. Bob began his career at Wellman-Lord as a mechanical engineer moving later to Atlanta, Georgia where he attended Georgia Tech and went to work as a piping engineer contractor in the oil and gas industry. The family moved several times during his career and settled in Loveland, Ohio where Terri and Lyndon went to school until their college graduation. In Ohio, he was active with his wife and children at Mason Baptist Church in youth ministry and he sang in the choir. He enjoyed motorcycling the hills of Kentucky and house-boating on Lake Cumberland with many friends from the Pheasant Hills neighborhood in Loveland. He participated annually in the Billy Graham crusades in Cincinnati, Ohio. He enjoyed fishing, family outings, and trips to the Northeast Coast to watch the fall foliage. He later moved to Dallas, Texas to be closer to his married children and grandchildren. He joined First Baptist Dallas Church in the early eighties where he sang in the choir on Sundays with his daughter, Terri. He loved to travel with his wife, Charlene and her brother, Dovel Rock and Dovel's wife, Judy, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They travelled frequently to Hawaii and the US National Parks. Bob is survived by his daughter Terri Schonfeld, his son Shayne Pemberton, and grandchildren Shawn Mansour, Bryan Piccola, Mackenzie Schonfeld, Austin Schonfeld, Chloe Schonfeld, Wesley Thompson, Moriah Thompson, and Colten Thompson. Bob is also survived by 11 great grandchildren. Graveside Service Tuesday, January 17, 2023 11:00 AM LYNCH Memorial Park 4238 Hwy 34 South Greenville,TX 75402