Robert W. Stanton

Robert W. Stanton, Jr, aka Danny, Dannyboy and Bobby by his friends and family, died after a long illness on September 15, 2019, at the Manchester VA Community Living Center in Manchester, NH. He was born in Baltimore MD on October 6, 1949, the son of Robert and Mabel Stanton. He married Marcy Stanton on December 23, 1983.

After graduating from Edmondson High School in Baltimore and serving in the US Air Force for 4 years, Danny attended Morgan State College as an ROTC student. Upon graduation in 1975, he joined the Signal Corps, US Army. He loved the responsibilities, structure, camaraderie and opportunities to learn and travel as a Platoon Leader in Augusta, GA, then as Company Commander in Bad Kreuznach Germany. He was well known in his battalion as someone who would always look out for his soldiers. After tours of duty in Pennsylvania and with the National Security Agency at Ft Meade, MD, he separated from active service in 1987, but continued to participate in the US Army Reserves for various tours of duty as a Communications Officer until his retirement in 1993.

He was a man of faith, an active member in the Milford United Methodist Church, and, for a time, the church groundskeeper. Danny has always felt a special connection to those living in poverty and was a staunch defender of civil and human rights. He was dedicated to participating in church outreach programs serving those in need at the Nashua Soup Kitchen and at Greater Nashua Interfaith Hospitality Network (now Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire).

He studied WWII and Civil War history and enjoyed visiting WWII sites in Germany and Civil War battlefields in the South. He followed political news and studied the connections between history and current day politics.

He was a connoisseur of Renaissance Art and extensively photographed Michelangelo's art at the Sistine Chapel. While living in Europe he visited many old churches for their history, art and architecture.

He read the Bible, history books and the Atlantic Magazine, donated to the ACLU and Save the Children, watched stupid horror movies like Night of the Living Dead, Sci-Fi movies like Soylent Green, and Christmas movies like A Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life every year. He liked old TV shows like Sanford and Son and cracked up watching Laurel and Hardy slapstick humor.

Danny listened to Motown music, blues, jazz and classic rock and was known to get down on the dance floor.

He liked to cook. He made a mean BBQ sauce and his ribs were in high demand. His favorite dishes were the same that his mom, Mabel, served during his youth – collard greens, potato salad, mac and cheese and fried chicken.

His parents, Mable and Robert Stanton, sister Arla, known as Birdie, and brother Alfred, known as Blondie, precede him in death.

Danny leaves his wife Marcy, daughters Lisa and Morgan, son Patrick, sister Inez, grandsons King and River, as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends to remember him with love.

A graveside service will is scheduled at the NH State Cemetery, Boscawen, on November 22, at 2:00pm. Friends and family are invited to attend.

Those who wish may make a memorial contribution to Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire.