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Robert Braithwaite

May 24, 1936 — May 28, 2012

Westernport

Westernport MD

Robert Norman Braithwaite, 76, of Coon Hollow Road, Westernport, passed away Monday, May 28, 2012 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, Cumberland.

Born May 24, 1936 in Franklin, MD, he was the son of the late Arthur T. and Alma L. (Smith) Braithwaite. He is also preceded in death by a sister Judy Mayhew; brothers, Donnie, William and John Braithwaite; and infant brother James Braithwaite; and a daughter Crystal Ann Preston.

Robert was a United States Army Veteran having served during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was a member of the Queens Point VFW # 6775, McCoole. He was retired from Tri-State Memorial Company, Piedmont, WV.

He leaves behind his wife of 43 years, Gloria (Doman) Braithwaite; children, Robert Alan Braithwaite and wife Linda, Westernport, Robert Carl Braithwaite, Donald Braithwaite, Michael Braithwaite, David Braithwaite and Shari Braithwaite, all of Hawaii; sisters, Betty Clark, Westernport and Carol Wilson, Savage River; Grandchildren, Daniel Braithwaite, Sarah Braithwaite, Jessica Preston, Benjamin Preston and Brandon Preston; a great-grandson Mason Aaron Warnick; and numerous grandchildren in Hawaii.

Friends and family will be received at Boal Funeral Home, Westernport on Thursday, May 31st from 7-9 PM.

A funeral service will be conducted on Friday, June 1st at the funeral home, at 1:00 PM with Rev. Joe Eversole officiating.

Interment will be in Duckworth Cemetery, Stoney Run, with military honors accorded at graveside.

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