Elizabeth P. (Byrem) Robbins

TROY- Elizabeth Byrem Robbins of Troy, PA, died peacefully October 1, 2007 of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at home with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents John and Eleanor (Pomeroy) Byrem and her sister Margaret Byrem Daly. She was born at the "Lying In Hospital", Canton PA. on January 30, 1932. She graduated from Penn State University in 1954 and lived in numerous places both in the United States and overseas. For the last twelve years she has resided on a farm in Troy, PA with her husband Clyde. Betty was a dietitian and a special education teacher retiring in 1995. Since moving to Troy she has been very active as a volunteer at the Bradford County Library, Bradford County Historical Society, a reading tutor in the Bradford-Wyoming Counties Literacy Program and until recently has served on the board of the Abuse and Rape Crisis Center and the Children and Youth Services. In addition to her husband Clyde, she is survived by her children Jenny (Carver) Hills and Jim (Nancy) Robbins and grandchildren, John-Michael and Josh Cross, Ben and Sam Robbins, Iris and Isabelle Hills and extended family. A memorial service will take place at 1:00pm on Monday October 8, 2007 at Vickery's Funeral Home, 110 West Main Street, Troy, PA. The family will provide flowers. Memorial donations may be made in Betty's memory to AARC, PO Box 186, Towanda, PA 18848, Bradford County Library, RD#3 Box 320 Troy, PA 16947 or Guthrie Hospice , RD #1, box 154, Tomahawk Rd., Towanda, PA 18848.