Obituary: Homeless man in Vadnais Heights believed ‘love is bearing one another’s burdens’

Obituary: Homeless man in Vadnais Heights believed ‘love is bearing one another’s burdens’

Makayla Burke was never allowed to shovel the sidewalk in front of Panera Bread in Vadnais Heights if Rob Deck was around. “Rob would say, ‘You go inside. It’s cold out here,’” said Burke, the restaurant’s team manager. “I always told him not to do it because he wasn’t getting paid, but he would always do it anyway. That’s just who he was.” Rob Deck, of Vadnais Heights, at the American Legion in North St. Paul in May 2016. Deck, 42, who was unho…