 1913 - 1988 (75 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Louis "Jack" Byrd |
| Born |
02 Aug 1913 |
Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Also Known As |
Jack |
| Died |
03 Oct 1988 |
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
| Buried |
Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon |
| Person ID |
I2444 |
Jerry Milo Johnson |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2015 |
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| Notes |
OBITUARY OF LON'S UNCLE
Lebanon -- Samuel Byrd, Lebanon resident and owner of Byrd's Nest
Trailer Park, died Monday at a Portland hospotal. He was 75.
Byrde was born August 2, 1913 , in Tom's Brook, Virginia and grew up
there before moving to Baltimore, Maryland. He joined the U.S. Army in
1941, and was discharged in 1945.
He married Elaine Mulford, May 16, 1941,in Baltimore, where they
owned and operated a service station and later a restaurant.
The Byrds moved to Lebanon in 1969 and to Colonial Beach, Virginia,
in 1979. In February 1985 they returned to Lebanon, where they owned
their trailer court. His wife survives.
He was a member of Sweet Home Masons, Shriners, York Rites Lodge and
American Legion in Virginia, and to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lions
and Odd Fellows ( life member) in Maryland. He was also a member of the
district governor of the Oregon Lions. He had been named Lion of the year
for Lebanon and Previously for his Maryland club.
Survining besides wife are daughters Barbara Sonberg of Joppa.,
Maryland and Jean Waugh of Baltimore, Maryland and two grandchildren.
A Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at AAsum Funeral Home,
Albany. A committal service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Willamette
National Cemetery, Portland.
Memorials can be made to the Oregon Lions Eye Bank.
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