Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Byford, Robert W. November 6, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. Miller shabodeho@aol.com November 9, 2007, 6:11 pm Lebanon Daily News on 11/8/2007 Byford, Robert W. Robert W. Byford MT. GRETNA Robert W. Byford, 83, 218 Valley Road (P.O. Box 182) Mt. Gretna, Pa., died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, in the Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim, Pa. He was the husband of Margaret Hicks Byford. He was born in Woburn, Mass., on April 23, 1924, son of the late George E. and Margaret Green Byford. He served as a U.S. Army medic during World War II, having served aboard a hospital ship. He was a retired general manager for Holiday Inn Corp., having trained at the Hotel Statler in Boston and later managed inns in Virginia, South Carolina, Colorado and Boston. He had attended Boston University. He had been a member of the Winchester MA finance committee and the Mistic Glee Club. He had worshiped in the Episcopal faith and attended the Unitarian Church. In addition to his wife he is survived by children, Robin May, Mt. Gretna, William Byford, Winchester, Mass., Catherine, wife of Steven Lilly, Lansdale, Pa.; grandchildren, Jonathan, husband of Athena Byford, Woburn, Mass., Michael Byford, Winchester, Mass., Stephen Byford, Winchester, Mass., Kristen Lilly, Lansdale, Pa., Sarah Lilly, Lansdale, Pa.; greatgrandchildren, Mariesa Byford, Serena Byford and Nicholas Byford, all of Woburn, Mass. He was preceded in death by sister, Dorothy Carpenter. Family memorial services will be held at a later date in Winchester, Mass. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Mt. Gretna Fire Co., Mt. Gretna, PA 17064. The Rohland Funeral Home Inc., Lebanon, Pa., is in charge of arrangements. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb