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Dr Robert Floyd Hand

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Dr Robert Floyd Hand Veteran

Birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
31 Jul 2003 (aged 90)
Massachusetts, USA
Burial
South Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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He was the son of Floyd Bethuel Hand and Anna Miller. He married Mary Edna Griffiths on June 21, 1947 in Taylor, PA, at the First Methodist Church.

Obituary originally published in the Scranton Times Tribune, 08/02/2003.

DR. ROBERT F. HAND
July 31, 2003

Robert F. Hand, D.D.S., 90, of Medford, Mass., formerly of East Greenville, died Thursday at the Winthrop House Nursing Home, Medford, after a brief illness. His wife, the former Edna Griffiths, preceded him in death.
A Clarks Summit native, son of the late Floyd B. and Anna Miller Hand, he was an Army veteran of World War II, attaining the rank of major. A retired dentist, he received his predental education at the University of Scranton and earned his dental degree at the Temple University School of Dentistry. He served his dental internship at Reading Hospital, Reading, and was a lifetime member of the American Dental Association and the state and county dental societies.
Surviving are a son, Robert W., M.D., Medford, and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Ralph, and a sister, Dorothy Hand Dymond.
The funeral will be Sunday at 4 p.m. from the Cincotti Funeral Home, 421 High St., Medford, Mass. Interment, Abington Hills Cemetery, South Abington Township.

Siblings:
Capt Ralph William Hand
Dorothy Christina Hand

NOTE: My 2nd cousin, twice removed.
He was the son of Floyd Bethuel Hand and Anna Miller. He married Mary Edna Griffiths on June 21, 1947 in Taylor, PA, at the First Methodist Church.

Obituary originally published in the Scranton Times Tribune, 08/02/2003.

DR. ROBERT F. HAND
July 31, 2003

Robert F. Hand, D.D.S., 90, of Medford, Mass., formerly of East Greenville, died Thursday at the Winthrop House Nursing Home, Medford, after a brief illness. His wife, the former Edna Griffiths, preceded him in death.
A Clarks Summit native, son of the late Floyd B. and Anna Miller Hand, he was an Army veteran of World War II, attaining the rank of major. A retired dentist, he received his predental education at the University of Scranton and earned his dental degree at the Temple University School of Dentistry. He served his dental internship at Reading Hospital, Reading, and was a lifetime member of the American Dental Association and the state and county dental societies.
Surviving are a son, Robert W., M.D., Medford, and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Ralph, and a sister, Dorothy Hand Dymond.
The funeral will be Sunday at 4 p.m. from the Cincotti Funeral Home, 421 High St., Medford, Mass. Interment, Abington Hills Cemetery, South Abington Township.

Siblings:
Capt Ralph William Hand
Dorothy Christina Hand

NOTE: My 2nd cousin, twice removed.


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  • Created by: Sean Paul Murphy
  • Added: Nov 6, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16522996/robert_floyd-hand: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Robert Floyd Hand (26 Mar 1913–31 Jul 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16522996, citing Abington Hills Cemetery, South Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Sean Paul Murphy (contributor 46824373).