Bob saw God and peacefully left this world to be with Him on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Bob was born in Binghamton New York on July 26, 1937 to Mary Bartos Sisolak and John A. Sisolak. He is survived by his wife Jeannette (Wit) Greene, his twin sister Rita Ann Long of Cary, North Carolina, his loving niece, Judy Long of Hillsborough, North Carolina, his nephew, William Long and his wife Mary Beth Long of Alexandria, Virginia; James Carter Long is his great nephew and Mary Grace Long his great niece, both of Alexandria Virginia. He cared for and loved his Aunt Agnes M. Sisolak and Uncle Charles Armose who are now deceased. Also deceased are his Aunt Mary Bartos and Uncle Milton Bartos. They have a daughter Vickie Kubic who is Bob's cousin currently living in Endicott, New York.

Bob was rich with many golfing friends, especially Robert Pogoda who was his long time friend and golfing buddy for over 60 years.

He married his loving wife, Jeannette on November 18, 2000 and they celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this past year.

As a young boy Bob went to St. Ann's Church in Binghamton where he also served as an altar boy. He graduate Binghamton Central High School and earned an Associate Degree from Broome Community College.

He had several jobs before he became Vice President of the BCT Federal Credit Union where he worked for 30 years helping many in our community to achieve their financial goals

Bob loved life, animals, music, the theater, photography and athletics. Bob's favorite show was Phantom of the Opera, which he saw several times in different cities, and he loved music, especially Abba, Andrea Bocelli, Handel's Messiah and the music from "The Showman", to name a few.

He had and loved a black and white cocker spaniel named Moses and when Moses died, he made sure he got another black and white cocker spaniel and again named him Moses. He really liked that name! When we were married we had a cat named Geiger. He loved that cat as well, so much so, that when Geiger became gravely ill and Bob saw Geiger run to me but fell over due to his illness, that was the only time I ever saw Bob cry.

Bob enjoyed skiing at Greek Peak every winter and he also loved flying, so much so that he took flying lessons at a local airport and logged many hours. His goal was to fly a piper cub plane someday but when his log book was lost, so was his dream.

As a young man he contracted the "photography bug" from his grandfather while carrying his photography gear when they were shooting scenery and later he inherited the Bolex camera and filmed three Binghamton school games on the weekends, those being Central or North High School on Friday Nights and Catholic Central on Saturdays.

He was asked by Colgate University's coach Harold Lahar in 1967 to film Colgate Football games which he did for 50 years and over those years Bob became familiar with various types of filming cameras and equipment. He loved filming these games and he not only knew all the football players but also their sons when they played football for Colgate. One of his greatest joys when filming these games was his opportunity to go with the team especially when they played at all the US Military Academies, such as West Point in New York, the US Naval Academy in Maryland and the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. When he spoke of going to and filming these games, his eyes lit up and he spoke so very proudly of the men and women who attend these prestigious schools. He would say, "They are America's best of the best."

And most of all he was so very honored and proud when receiving Colgate's game rings when they won their Patriot League. In total he received four of these rings and wore them proudly every day, running out of fingers in which to wear them!

Also during this time he was a timer for more that 20 basketball seasons for Broome Community College and later Binghamton University, sometimes being a statistician and announcer at these games. Bob was awarded by Broome Tech Director of Athletics Dick Baldwin a surprise award "for dedicated service as basketball manager and statistician"

Bob's passion was golf! Bob was always at the golf course, practicing, practicing, practicing, and especially practicing his putting. His golfing friends always call him "SIS" and they especially called upon him to put in a tournament in which they played as he was especially good after all that putting practice! He played golf on all the local golf courses and treasured his opportunity to go to the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta Georgia. Bob loved golf so much that while at Broome Community College, he traveled with his coach Dick Baldwin, playing in many golf games, even missing his graduation at BCC to play in a tournament.

He and Dick Baldwin became lifelong friends and golfing partners winning first place at the BCC Member Guest Tournament in 1995. In 1962 he received a certificate from the PGA that he completed the prescribed course of training. One of the things he always did was to go around the putting and various parts of the golf course to find golf balls, hitting them back onto the course and many times collecting them. He never ran out of practice balls as he had collected hundreds over the years. One of his accomplishments was to achieve 10th place finish in the National JUCO (Junior College) Tournament at Odessa Texas while at Broom Tech. In 1967 Bob became Broome County's Amateur Champion at En-Joie Golf Club, where he played the longest closing round in the tournament's 38 year history, and where he made a Hole in One! In 1996 he won first place in the Binghamton Central HS 40th Reunion Tournament. In his later years he was part of Binghamton University Bearcats Athletic Association and he went to EVERY girls and boys basketball games, sitting in the same seat just behind the Binghamton team bench. When the basketball teams were televised, you always knew where to see Bob—right behind the bench!

Bob loved Binghamton. At one time he was offered a position out of town, but turned it down to stay in Binghamton. He always said that "the most important thing in life is not the place or the things, it is the people." He was devoted to his family, taking care of all things that others could no longer do and never boasted about it. His nephew and nieces will always remember him as the "fun and cool" uncle and to all who knew him he will be remembered as a quiet, patient, gentle and soft spoken man who was a devoted husband, beloved, and never to be forgotten, by family and friends.

If you wish, in lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to Outreach Ministries in Care of St. Patrick's Church which serves as a food pantry in Binghamton NY, or Colgate University Football, Binghamton University Basketball or Broome Community College Golf.

A Funeral Mass will be offered at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 346 Prospect Street, Binghamton, Tuesday May 26, 2026 at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Slovak Catholic Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Church of the Holy Trinity, Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.