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Walter Roy Haines Jr.
Walter Roy Haines Jr., age 99 of Greenville, Ohio passed away at 11:10
PM Thursday December 17, 2020 at the State of the Heart Hospice Care
Center in Greenville. Roy was born May 21, 1921 in Wilkinsburg,
PA. and the son of the late Walter Roy and Lillian Marie (Wylie)
Haines.
He retired in 1983 from J.C. Penney Company as Store Manager of the
Greenville store. He had been employed with the company for 34
years.
Roy was a veteran of WW II serving in the United States Army Air
Corps. He was stationed in England, North Africa and Italy and
honorably discharges in 1945 as a Staff Sergeant. He was a member of
the First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, a 51 year member of the
Greenville Kiwanis Club, 70 plus year member of the Greenville Masonic
Lodge, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite-Valley of Dayton and the Antioch
Shrine of Dayton, a 1949 graduate of Miami University of Oxford with a
Bachelor’s degree and one of the founding members of the “Geezer’s golf
group at Turtle Creek Golf Course. He enjoyed spending time with his
family, photography, writing the “Kiyak” for the Kiwanis Club, playing
golf and telling stories. He was the king of puns.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sister Jean
Haines Stone.
Roy is survived by his wife Patricia (Wilson) Haines of
Greenville. They were married August 5, 1950 in Baldwin, New
York. Also children Richard (Diane) Haines, Tracy Haines
and Robert Haines; grandchildren Justin (Sarah) Haines, Caitlin (Kirk)
Shellhouse and Molly (Heath) Miller; great grandchildren Claire Haines
and Lillian Haines as well as 2 nephews.
A Memorial Services will be scheduled at a later date.
It is the wishes of the family that Memorial Contributions be given to
Bear’s Mill or the State of the Heart Care.
Roy was loved by family and friends and will be greatly missed!
Arrangements by Zechar Bailey Funeral Home Greenville, Ohio
Condolences for the family may be expressed through www.zecharbailey.com
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