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Memorial Services were held for Roy Joseph Marian, 91, passed away on March 24, 2009, who passed away at home after a brief illness.

Born in Hastings, Nebraska on February 1, 1918 to Harry Edison and Jane Semple (Murray). He grew up during the Depression. He had many interests. He started his work life as a professional photographer. During the Second World. War he worked as an aircraft inspector of B26 bombers for Glenn L. Martin and later served in the Navy as an Aviation Electricians Mate Second Class stationed in Jacksonville, FL. He attended Hastings College and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He played the bass clarinet and saxophone in band and orchestra in high school and college.

He moved east in 1949 to accept a position with RCA in Camden, NJ, where he remained for 30 years working on the development of camera and video tape machines for the television broadcast sys-tem. He supervised the installation of the first television tape recorders at NBC: New York and Burbank. He was a long time ham radio operator call sign W2ROY. He learned carpentry from his dad and made many changes to the family house with his own hands.

He was a member of the Mt. Ephraim United Methodist Church since 1952, served for 40 years as president of trustees and was committed to the continuation of the local church community. He met Betty Josephine Preston in high school, was married on August 23, 1942 and celebrated 66 years of marriage last August.

He was preceded in death by his daughter Carol Jane Nitchie, his brother Earl and wife Pam Marian and brother Wayne. He survived by his loving wife Betty; son Robert of Merrimack, NH; brother Floyd and wife Phyllis of Hastings, NE; brother Melvin and wife Elizabeth of Hastings, NE; sister-in-law Patty and husband Dwight Pumphrey of Hebron, NE; son-in-law John Nitchie of Wilmington, MA; granddaughter Carol and husband Matthew McGee of Westminister, MA; great grandson John McGee; and great granddaughter Catherine Mc-Gee; Steve and Kathy Marian; special family friends Warren and Marilyn Tilden and Alice Woodhall and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Memorial services were held on March 28, 2009 at the Mt. Ephraim United Methodist Church, Mt. Ephraim, NJ.

Entombment took place at Eglington Memorial Gardens, Clarksboro, NJ. Expressions of sympathy can be emailed to the family through funeral home website at www.milanofuneralhome.com.