Dr. Robert B. Tweed Obituary (1926

Dr. Robert B. Tweed, 83, of Patterson Township, died Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 in Heritage Valley Beaver. Born April 18, 1926 in Beaver Falls, he was the son of the late Rev. J. Boyd Tweed and Susan Elizabeth Dodds Tweed. He was a member of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church, retired chairman of the Bible and Philosophy Departments at Geneva College. He has also been a pastor at the Geneva Reformed Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Anchorage, Alaska, and the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Lawrence, Kansas. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Alison Blair. He is survived by his wife, Elaine Bell Tweed; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jennifer and Joel Martin, Bainbridge, WA and Andrea and William Kilgore, Thornton, CO: two sons and daughters-in-law, James and Jill Tweed, Winchester, KS and David and Melissa Tweed, Patterson Township; 13 grandchildren, Jacob and Lauren Martin, Olivia and Julia Kilgore, Elaina Tweed, Knox Tweed, Boyd Tweed, Emma Tweed, Lydia Tweed, Robert Bruce Tweed, Ian Tweed, Iley Tweed, Abigail Tweed; a brother and sister-in-law, Rev. John and Alta Tweed, Winchester, KS, and a brother-in-law, Dr. Hugh J. Blair, Northern Ireland. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hill & Kunselman Funeral Home, www.hillandkunselman.com., 3801-4th Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls. There will be an additional visitation on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 11 a.m. in the First Reformed Presbyterian Church, 209 Darlington Road, Patterson Township, Beaver Falls with Rev. Ken Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery in New Galilee. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to Global Missions, 3004-5th Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA 15010.