Our Family History
Family: Robert Perry Byrd / Thelma R. Brechtel (F829)
m. 27 Nov 1952
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Robert Perry Byrd
Birth 20 Feb 1931 Death 12 Oct 1987 St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA 
Burial Parklawn Memorial Gardens Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania Marriage 27 Nov 1952 [1] Johnsonburg, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA [1] Father Mother
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Thelma R. Brechtel
Birth 6 Jan 1932 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Death 14 Jul 2015 St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Burial 17 Jul 2015 Parklawn Memorial Gardens Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania Father Herman Joseph Brechtel | F711 Group Sheet Mother Anna Barbara Nist | F711 Group Sheet
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+ Mary Byrd
Birth Death Burial Spouse Steve R Wendel | F1713 Marriage 28 May 1988 Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
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Donald A Byrd
Birth 11 Nov 1954 Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Death 10 Feb 2020 St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Burial St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
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+ Barbara A. Byrd
Birth 6 Apr 1958 Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Death 26 Oct 2025 St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Burial Spouse Manners | F5354 Marriage Spouse Clifford Cheeks | F1705 Marriage 8 Aug 1997 Russell City, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA
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+ Loretta A. Byrd
Birth 5 Apr 1962 Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Death 12 Oct 2022 Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA Burial Spouse David Fleming | F1709 Marriage 1985 Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sources - [S2] Staff, Daily Press, The, (Name: Daily Press, The; Location: St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;), Obituary: Byrd, Thelma R (Brechtel). 16JUL2015.
Thelma R. "Byrdie" Byrd, 83, a resident of Elk Haven Nursing Home and formerly of 670 Washington St., St. Marys, died Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at Elk Haven Nursing Home following a lengthy illness.
She was born Jan. 6, 1932 in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Herman and Anna Nist Brechtel.
On Nov. 27, 1952 in Johnsonburg, she married Robert P. Byrd who preceded her in death Oct. 12, 1987.
Byrdie was a graduate of Johnsonburg High School and was a member of Sacred Heart Church. She worked at the Four Seasons Motel for a number of years and enjoyed traveling and crossword puzzles. She also enjoyed bowling and was a big supporter of animal foundations, and also loved Our Lady of Fatima.
She is survived by six children, Barbara (Clifford) Gadley-Cheeks of Kane, Loretta Fleming of Penn Yan, N.Y., Mary (Steve) Wendel of St. Marys, Donald Byrd of St. Marys, James (Kim) Byrd of St. Marys, and Michael (Jennifer) Byrd of Ridgway; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her twin sister in early childhood, Ruth Brechtel.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Thelma "Byrdie" Byrd will be celebrated Friday, July 17 at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Center Street, St. Marys with Rev. Eric Vogt, OSB, officiating.
Interment will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be held at the Lynch-Green Funeral Home on Thursday, July 16 from 5-8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Elk Haven Nursing Home Activity Fund.
Lynch-Green Funeral Home, 151 N. Michael St., St. Marys, is handling the arrangements and online condolences may be made to the family at www.lynchgreenfuneralhome.com.
Funeral Home
Lynch-Green Funeral Home Inc.
151 North Michael Street St. Marys, PA 15857
(814)834-4317
Published in The Daily Press on July 16, 2015
HFA: 16JUL2015
- [S2] Staff, Daily Press, The, (Name: Daily Press, The; Location: St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;), Obituary: Byrd, Thelma R (Brechtel). 16JUL2015.