SGT Roger Lee “Bop WA8SXL” Milford Veteran

Birth: 22 Mar 1928
Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA
Death: 13 Apr 2018 (aged 90)
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery

Seville, Medina County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot: Wall F-6 Row C Plot 5
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Roger Lee Milford
Living in Cuyahoga Falls (2013)

Second of four sons of Margaret L (Baker) and Howard Milford.

Born at 858 N. Howard Street in Akron, Ohio.

Attended Public Schools in...
Akron: Portage Path and Findlay Schools
Cuyahoga Falls: Broad Street School and Cuyahoga Falls High School
Columbus: Upper Arlington High School (Class of 1945)
Attended: Kent State University and The University of Akron

SGT - USAF - WORLD WAR II
3 YEAR ENLISTMENT (1946-49)
3501 AF BASE UNIT - BOCA RATON AFB
3505 AF BASE UNIT - SCOTT AF BASE
3310 TECH TNG WING - SCOTT AF BASE

Employed by The General Tire & Rubber Co. almost 39 years, and Summit County Department of Human Services for approx' 6 years. Various others for shorter intervals.

Hobbies: Amateur Radio (WA8SXL), Electronics, Computers, Photography, Saxophone, Piano, Organ, Calliope, Model Airplanes, etc. Played with The Little Big Band 1999-2009.

15.5+ gallon Blood Donor, Summit County Red Cross

Married Mary Elizabeth "Mary Beth" Brown, Nov 4, 1949, at Scott Air Force
Base, Illinois.

Roger & Mary Beth had two children; Nancy Elizabeth and Margaret Anne "Meg", two Grandchildren, Emily and Tessa Knapp and one great-grandchild, Noah Alan Hauser.

Note: Decided August 30, 2011 to be buried at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery.