Robert Franklin DEVILBISS

1928 - 1999  (71 years)

• Name	Robert Franklin DEVILBISS
  Born	10 Mar 1928
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	1945	New Windsor High School
  Died	24 Apr 1999  [1]
  Person ID	I5263	Primary
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas Leonard DEVILBISS,   b. 27 Jul 1893,   d. 15 Jun 1984  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Hilda ECKARD,   b. 3 Feb 1900,   d. 2 Sep 1955  (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F5579	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth MARSHALL,   b. 4 Apr 1929,   d. 24 Jan 2000  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Robert S. DEVILBISS
  Family ID	F5580	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S267] NEWS: The Frederick Post (Reliability: 3), 26 Apr 1999. Mr. Robert Franklin Devilbiss, 71, of 885 Trevanion Road, Uniontown, died Saturday, April 24, at his home, after an extended illness. He was the husband of Elizabeth E. Devilbiss. They were married for 49 years. Born March 10, 1928, in Uniontown, he was a son of the late Thomas L. and Hilda Eckard Devilbiss. Mr. Devilbiss graduated from New Windsor High School in 1945. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Uniontown, where he formerly served on the church council and the oemetery board. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps just after World War II. He was a well-known businessman as owner-operator, with his sister Caroline, of T.L. Devilbiss general store and post office in Uniontown. Mr. Devilbiss was a Carroll County school bus contractor and driver for 45 years, driving many years for the Uniontown and New Windsor schools and more recently for Northwest Middle School and Frances Scott Key High School. He had been honored in March 1998 by the Carroll County Bus Contractors with an achievement award for his years of service following his retirement in 1997. He was a member of Hesson-Snider American Legion Post, Taneytown. Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, Robert S. Devilbiss of Uniontown; two sisters, Caroline Devilbiss and Janet Justice, both of Uniontown; one sister-in-law, Kathleen Devilbiss of Uniontown: and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Devilbiss was preceded in death by one brother, Charles T. Devilbiss, in 1997. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. April 26, at Hartzler Funeral Home. 310 Church St., New Windsor. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, at the funeral home. Mr. Devilbiss' pastor, the Rev. Howard W. Miller, will officiate. Interment will be in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Uniontown. Memorial contributions may be made to Carroll Hospice. 95 Carroll St., Westminster, Md. 21157; or to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 3330 Uniontown Road, Westminster. Md. 21158.