Robert Douglass Burnett of Pine Bush entered into rest on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, in Middletown. He was 81 years old.
Robert was a native of Schenectady and he was the son of Robert Elting Burnett and Betty Mucklow Burnett.
He is a graduate of Linton High School in Schenectady and Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.
He was an innovative artist whose paintings were inspired by nature and a love of moths and insects.
He was a excellent craftsman whose career spanned experiences as a general contractor, carpenter and skilled cabinet maker.
He will be remembered as a colorful storyteller of his travels and life experiences and for his love of all people.
He was predeceased by his wife Jill Ann Burnett. He is survived by his former wife Lynne Digby and their three children: Sarah C. Burnett and husband Matthew T. Bennett of Goshen; Robert F.M. Burnett and wife Harriet H. Burnett of Crested Butte, Colorado; and John A.D. Burnett and wife Laura P. Burnett of Park City, Utah; his brother Walter M. Burnett of Cockeysville, Maryland; and seven grandchildren: Tessa, Meaghan, Ellie, Finn, Easton, Robbie and Wylder.
A celebration of his life was held Sept. 2 at the Orange County Arboretum in Montgomery.
The family requests no flowers and that memorial remembrances be sent to a charity reflecting their memory of Robert.
Funeral arrangements have been handled by Donovan Funeral Home in Goshen.