More about Robert Lancaster

The custom of eulogizing the deceased begins in this Torah portion when Abraham offers a eulogy over his beloved wife. This teaching reminds us why life is precious. Includes the eulogy Pastor Lancaster presented at the memorial service for his father, Robert George Lancaster (1925-2020).

Robert G. Lancaster Video

In the summer of 2018, we sat down with Dad and asked him to tell us stories about his life in ministry. This version of the video includes about twenty minutes of additional material which was edited out from the version we showed at Dad's funeral on July 15, 2020 for the sake of brevity.

Attached below is a PDF copy of the eulogy from the funeral.

Click on the link below for the audio file from Dad's committal in April, 2020 along with the text of Sherry's poem "Ingathering."

A Brief Funeral

A Brief Funeral

On Friday, April 17, the Lancaster siblings and their spouses and a few of the cousins gathered at Rice Lake Baptist to sing some hymns and read some pslams before leaving to escort Grandpa's hearse to the cemetery in Spooner. Here is the audio from that brief tribute in addition and the text of a poem Sherry wrote about the hour of his passing:

Ingathering