Robert Solar
Robert Louis Solar, a longtime resident of Lincoln passed away peacefully in the presence of family on the morning of September 17, 2025 at the age of 79.
He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Jane; his son Matt and his wife Lauren and their children Phoebe and Tyler; and his son Josh, his wife Danielle and their children Jackson and Sadie.
Bob grew up in Brookline as one of four boys. With the family’s boat moored in Boston Harbor, he developed a lifelong love of saltwater fishing from an early age. He attended the Belmont Hill School (’64), graduated from Colby College (’68), and later earned a graduate degree from the Wharton School (’70).
After Wharton, Bob spent time as a potter in New Hampshire, where he met Jane. They married in 1974 and lived in Chocorua, N.H., for several years before finally settling in Lincoln in 1979, where Bob joined his father, Hervey, at the family business in Boston.
In Lincoln, Bob and Jane kept busy caring for horses, dogs, cats, and chickens — and tending to all the yard work that came with them. In 1985, with the goal of spending more time as a family on the water, they bought a summer home in South Bristol, Maine, where Bob spent countless hours fishing for bluefish and striped bass and driving for the kids’ water sports.
When not enjoying the outdoors, Bob was a voracious reader, often finishing several novels a week. He loved napping on the couch with his dogs and was known for his quick wit and dry, sarcastic sense of humor.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust or to Damariscotta’s Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust. A celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date. Arrangements are entrusted to Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Concord, which provided this obituary. To share a remembrance or offer a condolence on Bob’s tribute page, please click here.
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