Born Jan. 18, 1920, in Carroll County, he was the son of the late Mamie Barnes Bair and Howard Lee Bair Sr.
He was the husband of M. Virginia Bair, his wife of 67 years, who died March 28, 2009.
He worked 40 years as a machinist and retired from Westinghouse. He was a member of Westminster United Methodist Church and enjoyed baseball, the Orioles, farming as a young boy and talking about the good old days.
Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law Georgia L. and Russell E. Groomes, of Uniontown, and Donna B. and Jeffrey E. Eisenhart, of Hanover, Pa.; grandchildren LeeAnne Groomes, of Uniontown, and Russell E. Groomes II and wife Jenelle, of Hanover; a great-grandson, Bradley Sterling Groomes of Hanover; a brother, Melvin Bair Sr., of Westminster; sisters Aileen Barnhart and Janet Miller, both of Westminster; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by sisters Julia Wagner, Evelyn Haines, and Beatrice, Carrie and Betty Fleming; and brothers George N. "Bud" Bair and Howard L. Bair Jr.
Interment in Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Finksburg.
Born Jan. 18, 1920, in Carroll County, he was the son of the late Mamie Barnes Bair and Howard Lee Bair Sr.
He was the husband of M. Virginia Bair, his wife of 67 years, who died March 28, 2009.
He worked 40 years as a machinist and retired from Westinghouse. He was a member of Westminster United Methodist Church and enjoyed baseball, the Orioles, farming as a young boy and talking about the good old days.
Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law Georgia L. and Russell E. Groomes, of Uniontown, and Donna B. and Jeffrey E. Eisenhart, of Hanover, Pa.; grandchildren LeeAnne Groomes, of Uniontown, and Russell E. Groomes II and wife Jenelle, of Hanover; a great-grandson, Bradley Sterling Groomes of Hanover; a brother, Melvin Bair Sr., of Westminster; sisters Aileen Barnhart and Janet Miller, both of Westminster; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by sisters Julia Wagner, Evelyn Haines, and Beatrice, Carrie and Betty Fleming; and brothers George N. "Bud" Bair and Howard L. Bair Jr.
Interment in Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Finksburg.
Family Members
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Gladys Florine Bair
1904–1904
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Helen Winifred Bair Winters
1906–1927
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Evelyn Marie Bair Haines
1907–2001
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Julia May Bair Wagner
1909–2005
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Beatrice B. Barnes Fleming
1911–1993
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George Nathan "Bud" Bair
1913–1986
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Howard Lee Bair Jr
1914–1992
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Carrie B. Bair Fleming
1917–2002
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Melvin D Bair
1921–2012
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Aileen Bair Barnhart
1924–2016
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Bette B Bair Fleming
1927–2005
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Janet Rosalie Bair Miller
1929–2021
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