Robert Marshall Binford
Memorial service for Robert Marshall Binford will be 2 p.m. in the chapel at Burns Mortuary of Hermiston. Disposition is to be by cremation.
Mr. Binford, 79, of Hermiston, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2000, at Good Shepherd Medical Center.
He was born May 4, 1921, at Grant City, Mo., to Charles R. and Blanch Marshall Binford.
He served with the Third Army under General George Patton during World War II.
Mr. Binford was an engineer for Union Pacific Railroad for 30 years, retiring in 1986. He came to Hermiston 24 years ago from The Dalles.
He was a member of VFW Desert Post 4750 and last year received his 50- year pin from the post, he was also a member of the Eagles and the Elks lodges in Hermiston.
On June 22, 1981, he married Marie M. McCabe at Pendleton.
As a young person, Mr. Binford attended the Episcopal Church.
He loved his family, friends, his little dogs, going hunting, fishing and traveling.
Survivors include his wife of 19 years, Marie, of Hermiston; children, Robert J. Binford and Diana Hammond, both of Portland, and Debra Brewer of Sun Valley, Nev.; stepchildren, Richarf McCabe of Milton-Freewater, Dale McCabe of Albuquerque, N.M., and Susan Kalotay of Portland; 18 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mary Hawkins of Portland. He was preceded in death by a baby son, by his parents, brother, Herbert, and sisters, Alice Binford and Fern Kay.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army Memorial Fund through Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, P.O Box 289, Hermiston, OR 97838.
East Oregonian 8/26/00