In Memory of Master Chief Robert T. Delgado

We are honoring the life of Master Chief Robert T. Delgado

Robert Thomas Delgado passed away in Culpeper, VA on Thursday, February 18, 2021, from cardiac arrest.  He was 69 years old.  

Bob was born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up in Reminderville, OH, and graduated from Aurora High School in 1969.  He was called to service in the United States Navy in 1970.  He left the Navy for a time and later returned as a USN Seabee Reservist, eventually completing his military service in the United States Coast Guard, as a USCG Master Chief.  As a civil servant, Bob was a master HVAC specialist, who supported the US Coast Guard, designing, installing, and maintaining HVAC systems on USCG Cutters, in the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Bahrain.

He was a fierce patriot and defender of our country, a proud civil servant, an amateur genealogist and historian, a hunter, a fisherman, a gardener, a jack of all trades, but most importantly, a loyal friend and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and cousin.  He strongly felt that you needed to know where you came from, in order to know where you are going, and that family is everything.  Whether you knew him for 50 years or 5 minutes, and whether you called him Bob, Zip, UB, Master Chief, Dad, Grandpa or Umpa, you knew he had your back.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Suzanne Delgado (Taylor), his daughter Tracy (Carlos) Montenegro, his son Ryan (Katie) Delgado, his grandchildren, Isabel, Victor and Mason, his brother William (Cheryl) Delgado, 9 nieces and nephews, 19 great nieces and nephews and so many cousins that we lost count.  He is preceded in death by his parents, Willie James Delgado and Mary Margaret Delgado (Algeri).

Join us in celebrating Bob's life by making a donation to Fisher House Foundation.

Fisher House is a "home away from home" where families of wounded, ill or injured veterans and service members - from all five branches of our Armed Forces - can stay at no cost while their loved ones receive treatment away from home. A long-term stay in a hospital, often thousands of miles from home, can lead to unmanageable burdens and significant expenses for family members needing to be a part of their loved one’s healing process. Since 1990, Fisher House has provided 10 million days of free lodging and has served 400,000 families.