Avis de décès de Robert-L. Byrne

Robert L. Byrne, a lifelong resident of Lincoln Park, N.J., died on Dec. 11, 2011. Funeral will be held on Thursday, leaving at 9:30 a.m. from the Keri Memorial Home, 125 Main St., Lincoln Park, for a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph R.C. Church, Lincoln Park. Interment will be in Restland Memorial Park Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J. Family will receive friends on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Robert was an Army and Naval Reserve veteran, serving during the Korean War. He was employed by Bell Telephone for 34 years as an assistant staff supervisor and started retirement in 1988. After retirement Robert started and until recently ran his own company, Valley Communications, performing telephone work in New Jersey. As if caring for a family of 12 weren't enough, he held memberships in the Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279 and Knights of Columbus John F. Kennedy Council 5486; he was an usher at St. Joseph's Church, and a member of the Shade Tree Commission, Planning Board and Republican Club in Lincoln Park as well as the Telephone Pioneers of America. He also served as a councilman in Lincoln Park for many years. Robert was the beloved husband of the late Gail (nee Engler) (2006); devoted father to Michael, Shawn, John, Christopher, Patrick, Kelly, Linda Lawrence, Gail, Erin Brink, Jeannina Amodio, Jennilee Perry and the late Robert T. (1993), and loving grandfather of 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Robert is also survived by his sisters, Florence Werden, Alicia Dittmeier, and Barbara Hakala, and his brother, David, and was predeceased by Mary and John Byrne. If so desired, donations may be made to St. Jude Children Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1893, Memphis, Tenn. 38101-9950.