Robert E. Menzies, El Cajon, Calif.
Former Scranton resident Robert E. Menzies died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at El Cajon, Calif. He was 84.
Mr. Menzies was a retired insurance underwriter for Zurich Insurance.
The son of Daniel and Isabelle Menzies, he was born Oct. 10, 1922, near Scranton. He graduated from Burlingame High School in 1940 and from the University of Southern California in the 1950s with a master’s degree in business administration. He served in the U.S. Army from February 1943 to December 1945, primarily in the Aleutian Islands.
Mr. Menzies is survived by one brother, Daniel J. Menzies of Wichita; and one sister, Helen Bodine of El Cajon, Calif. Survivors in this area include a niece, Sharon Menzies, of Scranton.
The graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Scranton Cemetery at Scranton. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Carey Funeral Home in Burlingame. The family will meet friends from 6 to 8 p.m.