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Robert B. McCurry
Posted 11/15/06
Robert B. McCurry, 83 REHOBOTH BEACH - Robert B. McCurry of Rehoboth Beach passed away Monday, Nov. 13, 2006, in his home. He was 83. Mr. McCurry was born July 10, 1923, and spent his formative years …
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Robert B. McCurry
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Robert B. McCurry, 83
REHOBOTH BEACH - Robert B. McCurry of Rehoboth Beach passed away Monday, Nov. 13, 2006, in his home. He was 83.
Mr. McCurry was born July 10, 1923, and spent his formative years in Lewistown, Pa.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946.
Mr. McCurry attended the University of Delaware for one year, and upon returning from the service attended Michigan State University, graduating in 1950. While at Michigan State, he was captain of the football team for three consecutive years.
He was employed by the Chrysler Corp., where he served in succession of executive positions, retiring as group vice president of automotive sales and marketing. While at Chrysler he was responsible for developing the Dodge Charger and is the "Godfather of the Daytona." In 1982 he joined Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. In 1992 he retired from Toyota as executive vice president of sales operations.
In recent years, he was honored with inductions into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Detroit, the Football Hall of Fame at Michigan State University and the Hall of Fame at the Pennington (New Jersey) Preparatory School.
Mr. McCurry served on the Board of Worthington Industries, Beebe Medical Foundation and was co-founder of the Delaware State Junior Golf Scholarship Fund. He also served on the board of directors of Rehoboth Beach Country Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Grace McCurry; and a sister, Josephine.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Jane (Lynam) McCurry; two daughters and a son-in-law, Jody Burton of Edgewater, Md., and Meg and James Rapp of Crofton, Md.; four grandchildren, Stephen Burton or Redondo Beach, Calif., Robert McCurry Burton of Cincinnati and Maggie Rapp and Candace Rapp, both of Crofton.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday in Rehoboth Beach Country Club, 221 West Side Drive, Rehoboth Beach.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Highway, Lewes.
Burial will follow in All Saints Cemetery, Del. 23, Beaver Dam Road, near Angola.
The Rev. Dr. Frank S. Deming Jr. will officiate.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Delaware Hospice, 20167 Office Circle, Georgetown, DE 19947; or Tunnel Cancer Center, 424 Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958.
