Robert Don Beard was born in Toledo, Ohio to Charles and Rose Beard. After serving in the US Army Air Corp, he met and married Margrete Bly in 1949. They had 4 children.
He passed away quietly on May 22, 2013.
He is survived by his wife, Margrete; children, Grace, Stephen, Elizabeth and David; grandchildren, Nathan, Anna, Hannah, Tim, Jesse, Emily, Esther, Joel, Luke, Heidi, Corrie, Heather, Benjamin, Laura, Gerald, Olivia, and Ariana; 19 great-grandchildren; and sister, Barbara Magee.
