Joseph Boyle

Mr. Joseph Benedict Boyle, 79, of Boyle Road, Fairfield, died Saturday, Oct. 17, at St. Catherine Nursing Center, Emmitsburg.

He was the husband of Marian Humerick Boyle.

Born Oct. 25, 1918, in Fairfield, Pa., he was a son of the late James H. and Agnes Pecher Boyle.

He was a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Emmitsburg.

Mr. Boyle was a 1938 graduate of Emmitsburg High School.

He was a civil service worker at Fort Detrick from June 1945 to December 1980.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was at Pearl Harbor, and served during the Korean War.

He was a member of Francis X. Elder Post 121, American Legion, Emmitsburg; AMVETS Post 172, Fairfield; and a charter and life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6658, Emmitsburg.

Surviving in addition to his wife are four daughters, Shannon Boyle of Fairfield, Carolyn Barber of Littlestown, Pa., Kathleen Campbell of Huntsville, Ala., and Jennine Mielke of Missoula, Mont.; five grandchildren, Jessica Barber, Doug Barber and Marian Barber, all of Littlestown, and Joe Campbell and David Campbell, both of Missoula; and two sisters, Mary Cochran of Springfield, Va., and Joan Boyle of Frederick.

He was preceded in death by one son, J. Dennis Boyle; one daughter, Diedre Eileen Boyle; two sisters, Sarah Boyle and Marguerite Bialecki; and two brothers, James Boyle and Vernard H. Boyle.

A Memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Emmitsburg, with his pastor, the Rev. Michael J. Kennedy, as celebrant.

Interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Emmitsburg.

There will be no viewing or visitation at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, Adams Unit, 656 Johns Ave., Gettysburg, Pa. 17325; March of Dimes Cumberland Valley Division, 550 Cleveland Ave., Chambersburg, Pa. 17201; or Emmitsburg Ambulance Co., P.O. Box 1101, Emmitsburg, Md. 21727.

Arrangements are by Skiles Funeral Home, Emmitsburg.