Robert Francis Best 66 of Hyannis passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, Wednesday November 11, 2015 at one of his favorite spots on Cape Cod, Veterans Park Beach in Hyannis, a place he visited daily.

Born in Canton, OH to the late Robert and Arline (Haverstock) Best, Robert was a 1967 graduate of Lincoln High School and also graduated from Yale University. While at Yale, he was a member of the famed Yale Russian Chorus and studied abroad at The Sorbonne.

Robert loved music and the arts, was an avid reader, and a gifted writer and photographer. After moving to Cape Cod in 2008 from New York City, where he had been an art dealer, Robert devoted all his time and energy using his camera to capture the astounding beauty of this place he loved.

He will be deeply missed by his surviving siblings, Judith Anderson and her husband David of East Harwich, Keith Best and his wife, Darlene of San Francisco, Calif., Kevin Best and his wife, Wendy of Atlanta, GA, and Elizabeth Sue Tucke and her husband Glenn, Gale DiGiacomo and her husband, William, and Dale Best and his wife, Sharon, all of Canton, OH; and eleven nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday Dec. 5, 2015 at the Cape Cod Covenant Church, 11 Satucket Rd, Brewster.

Interment will be private in St. Jacob's Cemetery, North Canton, OH.

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