Robert Alan Hughes
1965 – 2022
Robert, age 57, passed away August 18, 2022. He was born on July 8, 1965, in Newark, Ohio, to the adoration of his four sisters and mother and father. When Robert was three years old the family moved to Lansing, Michigan. Robert graduated from JW Sexton High School in 1983. He then attended classes at Lansing Community College and became a property appraiser for Eaton County where he worked until his recent retirement. At the time of his death, he lived in Potterville, Michigan, with his dog, Logan. Robert had a unique observational sense of humor, and his funny comments were appreciated by many.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard Wayne Hughes and Cora Agnes Hughes, his niece, Chelsea Marie Barker, and by grandparents Harold and Thelma Hughes and Wilbur and Beatrice Fields.
He will be missed by his surviving sisters, Debra Hughes, Sharon Frischman (Howard), Diana Crittenden (Gary), and Lois Buchanan (Barry), as well as nieces Erica Dethloff (Alex) and Katelyn Buchanan and nephew Ken Buchanan. He is also survived by his great-niece, Hadlee Frischman, great-nephews Oliver Dethloff and Jayce Buchanan, his loving stepmother, Sharon R. Hughes, as well as his stepbrother and stepsisters, aunts and uncles and cousins.
A graveside service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, 4444 W. Grand River Ave. in Lansing. Arrangements by the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.
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Erica Dethloff
August 22, 2022 at 6:53 pmUncle Robert, thank you for all the laughs and good talks. I love you and will miss you dearly.
Sheila Ashley
August 22, 2022 at 6:56 pmTo my Hughes cousins, I am so very sorry for the loss of your dear brother. Too much loss these last few years. You all will continue to be in my prayers in the days to come.
Donna
August 22, 2022 at 8:45 pmI am so sorry to hear of Roberts passing. I recall as young teens going on family vacation with Robert to the UP.
Debbie Hughes
August 24, 2022 at 3:31 pmI was eight years old when Robert was born. I was convinced he was the most beautiful baby that ever lived. When we moved to Lansing, he was a beautiful toddler. I was about 11. There was a contest in the Lansing State Journal for the cutest toddler. I entered him (I’m sure Mom and Dad helped) and was amazed when he didn’t win! He was a very intelligent person. His comedic style reminded me of Jim Gaffigan. It will be a bit before I can watch another of Gaffigan’s specials, but someday I will and I’ll laugh and I’ll remember Robert.
Paul Hughes
August 24, 2022 at 6:00 pmSorry to hear of Robert’s passing. He was lucky to have such loving, caring sisters such as you.
Uncle Paul
Sharon Hughes Frischman
August 30, 2022 at 11:40 amHe was intelligent and unconventional. He always expressed his love without reservation. I know that Grandma, Dad, Mom and Chelsea as well as countless ancestors and the collective love of the universe were waiting for him and engulfing him in love and comfort