Robert David Spaulding 83, husband of the late Margaret (Musselman) Spaulding, died on November 17, 2025. Bob was born on January 17, 1942, in Wilmington, Delaware, to David Spaulding and Betty (Sprague) Spaulding. In 1943 his family moved to Cuyahoga Falls, OH. In his school years he was active in the Boy Scouts, eventually earning Eagle rank. He spent many summers on the staff of Camp Manatoc Scout Camp, where he also received the Order of the Arrow, the national honor society of the Boy Scouts and was later elected Lodge Chief. Bob attended Muskingum University where he majored in Sociology and met his future wife, Margaret Anne (Peggy) Musselman. Following their wedding in 1964, Bob attended The Ohio State University, earning a Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning. Upon graduation, he was employed as a planner at the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in Silver Spring, MD. Bob and Peggy later returned to Cuyahoga Falls, where he accepted a position as city planner and then Planning Director. In 1974 he and Peggy and their daughter Beth moved to Longmeadow, MA, where Bob was employed as Assistant Director at the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, and later as the Town Planner for West Springfield. Bob loved traveling with Peggy and Beth, and upon retirement, he and Peggy and his sister, Barbara, traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Bob was a long-time member of Longmeadow's Recycling Commission, and an active member of the First Church of Christ in Longmeadow, UCC, serving on the Board of Deacons and the Environmental Justice team. Robert is survived by his daughter, Beth Spaulding, and her husband, Joshua Tauber, of Somerville, MA; and his sister, Barbara Spaulding, of Rumford, RI.