LENOX, Mass. —  Robert Stein, 95, of Lenox, Massachusetts passed away on Dec. 13, 2020, at Kimball Farms Nursing Home. Born in New York City in 1925 to Jack and Hattie (Greenbaum) Stein, he was a graduate of the Franklin School and New York University.

Bob served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War in China, Burma, and India. Back in New York after the war, he met his soon-to-be wife, Natalie Foss, when she dialed a wrong number and Bob answered, charming her enough to wrangle a sight-unseen date in the process.

In his professional life, Bob spent nearly 50 years as an insurance broker, first with William Fleisch & Co. in New York City, and later with KBS and the Obermann Group in Westchester.

He learned to love the outdoors at Camp Menatoma in Kents Hill, Maine and continued doing so with his family in the Berkshires, skiing at Butternut, hiking, and swimming and fishing on Laurel Lake, where he was a frequent congregant at the Church of the Largemouth Bass.

He is survived by Natalie, his devoted wife of 70 years, son Edward and his wife, Katie Connolly, son Kerry and his wife, Jean Marie Jackson, and beloved grandchildren Morgan and Jackson.

A memorial is planned for a later, post-Covid date. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to HospiceCare in the Berkshires.