Celebration of life: 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Evans Funeral Home, Houston.

Robert “Bob” Lester Krantz, only child of Lester Arthur and Teresa Agnes (Kittner) Krantz, was born in Callicoon, N.Y., on Sept. 17, 1940. After a long and hard-fought battle related to radiation treatment in 2002 and 2003 for laryngeal cancer, he departed this world Aug. 2, 2018, at the age of 77 years, 10 months and 16 days.

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Isaiah Buse has served as the publisher of the Houston Herald since 2023. He started with the organization in 2019, and achieved a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2023. He serves on the...