Robert R. Pyle, 74, of Wilmington, Del., formerly of
Chester and Crum Lynne, died May 8 at Elsmere Veterans Administration
Hospital, Delaware.
Born in Linwood, he was the son of the late Norris and Elizabeth Pyle.
He lived in Crum Lynne for 18 years before moving to Wilmington 30 years
ago.
He worked for Scott Paper Co. as a machine operator for 38 years,
retiring in 1984.
Mr. Pyle was a veteran of World War II, serving as a
paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division in the European Theater.
He was held as a prisoner of war for a year by the Nazis in
Czechoslovakia.
Mr. Pyle was a member of 508 Parachute Infantry Regimen Association, the
Disabled American Veterans, the American Legion and the POW Association
of Delaware.
He was a member of St. Paul's P.E. Church in Chester.
Surviving are his wife of 51 years, Mary E. Jimison Pyle; two sons,
Robert D. Pyle of Wilmington and Donald L. Pyle of Clayton, Del.; a
brother, Alfred Pyle of Glenolden and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the William S. Bleyler Funeral
Home, 500 W. 22nd St., Upland, where calling will be after 10 a.m.
Burial will be in Lawn Croft Cemetery, Linwood.
(Delaware County Daily Times, Primos-Upper Darby,
PA, 11 May 1998 - courtesy of Tedd Cocker) |
 
(courtesy of Amanda Schulze)
Grave
markers for Robert R. Pyle in the Lawn Croft Cemetery, Linwood (Delaware
county), Pennsylvania.
Robert enlisted in the
Army at Philadelphia, PA on 6 April 1943. Having volunteered for
parachutist duty, he was assigned to Company B, 508th PIR after
completion of jump school.
Pvt Pyle jumped into Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. |
