Robert Lee Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Another name for Robert was Bobby Beecher.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: L6WC-B4T.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Issue: Robert Lee Beecher was not the birth father of any of his adopted children.

2. Census in 1950 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. ⁹ The 1950 census recorded Earl S. Beecher, construction carpenter, 38, living with wife N. Jeanette, 35; Joan C., 8; Donna Mae, 7; Robert Lee, 2; and Sally Lou, 1.

3. Newspaper: The Sentinel: Beecher-Woods Marriage, 25 Jun 1969, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ¹ Miss Margaret Joyce Woods and Robert Lee Beecher were united in marriage recently in the Centerville Lutheran Church. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Woods, RD5, and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Beecher, Walnut Bottom. The Rev. Andrew Kazor performed the double ring ceremony and Miss Linda Gill, RD5, was the organist. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a street length, white linen dress with embroidery around the neckline and sleeves. A cabbage rose held her should length illusion veil, and she carried a white Bible with two cymbidium orchids. The maid of honor, Miss Sally Beecher, sister of the bridegroom, wore a street length blue dress with an overlay of white lace, and a circular veil held by daisies. She carried a single blue carnation. The bride's mother wore a peach a-line dress with beige accessories and matching corsage. The bridegroom's mother wore a dark brown linen dress with white accessories and matching corsage. The best man was Second Lt. Richard P. Bender, Mineral Wells, Tex. The reception was held at the home of the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Joanne Ashburn, Shippensburg. The bride, a 1967 graduate of Carlisle High School, and the bridegroom, a 1965 graduate of Big Spring High School, are lab technicians at Carlisle Tire Tire and Rubber Company. He is a member of the Army Reserves. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher are residing at Centerville.

4. Newspaper: The Sentinel: Real Estate: Robert L. Beecher and Margaret J. Beecher to Gary L. Minnich and Carol A. Minnich, a tract of 1.254 acres and improvements, L.R. 21003, West Pennsboro Township, $32,100., 30 Apr 1975, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁰

5. Newspaper: The Sentinel: Real Estate: Wilbert L. Diehl and Shryle M. Diehl to Robert L. Beecher and Margaret J. Beecher, a tract and improvements, T344 Penn township, $32,900, 30 Apr 1975, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁰

6. Residence: on 1 Nov 1975 in Newville, Cumberland, PA. ⁷

7. Military: Vietnam: U.S. Army. ³

8. Newspaper: Valley Times-Star: Marriage Licenses: Robert L. Beecher, Carlisle R. D. 6, And Roberta E. Funk, Carlisle R. D. 6., 3 Aug 1977, Newville, Cumberland, PA. ¹¹

9. Obituary: Carlisle News Sentinel: obituary of Robert Lee Beecher on 6 Feb 2009 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ⁵ Robert Lee Beecher, 61, of Newville, died suddenly on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at his home.

He was born on Oct. 11, 1947, in Carlisle, and was a son of the late Earl and Jeannette (Wyrick) Beecher.

Bobby was a 1965 graduate of Big Spring High School, Newville, and served in both the U.S. Army Reserve and the active U.S. Army from 1967-1972. Bob was employed by PPG Industries in Carlisle for nearly 40 years, and was currently working in Shipping and Receiving. He also enjoyed driving his golf cart around his land on the South Mountain, cutting firewood and watching the wild game in the great outdoors. Bob was a member of the Mt. Holly Springs V.F.W.

He is survived by his loving wife of 32 years, Roberta (Stine) Beecher; his three daughters [editor's note: step children] , Taunya (and her husband, Robert) George of Gardners, Sherry (and her husband, Allan) Miller of Carlisle and Cheryl (and her husband, Zach) White of Farmington, Mo.; a brother, Dave Beecher of Shippensburg; three sisters, Sally Kann of Newville, Joanne Oboczky of Reading and Donna Nye of Chambersburg; five grandsons, Benjamin and Kyle Miller, Eric Motter and Alec and Josh Failor; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, in the Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, 630 S. Hanover St., Carlisle, with the Rev. Antoinette Carlin officiating. Burial will be held in Newville Cemetery. A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, at the funeral home.

Robert married Margaret Joyce Woods, daughter of Paul Holler Woods and Regina Mary Croll, in Jun 1969 in Centerville, Cumberland, PA.¹ (Margaret Joyce Woods was born on 15 Feb 1949 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA ¹² and was christened on 17 Apr 1949 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA ¹².)

Robert next married Roberta Ellen Stine, daughter of Robert Ellsworth Stine and Laura Elizabeth Nehf, in Jul 1977 in , Cumberland, PA.² (Roberta Ellen Stine was born on 11 Oct 1942 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA ¹³.)