[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 46 (Thursday, March 12, 2026)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E208-E209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING MR. ROBERT ``BOB'' BOYER

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                            HON. SCOTT PERRY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 12, 2026

  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor and I am privileged to 
recognize Mr. Robert ``Bob'' Boyer of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, upon 
the blessed and auspicious occasion of his 102nd Birthday.
  Mr. Boyer was born on March 13, 1924, in Harrisburg, by the lock on 
the Susquehanna River. Sickly as an infant, he was sent to live with 
his grandmother in Carlisle, where he was nursed back to health.
  While he was in 10th grade, Bob's family purchased a farm near 
Middlesex, and he quit school to help get the farm going. While he 
enjoyed spending time with the cows and donkeys, money was tight--as it 
was for many Depression-era families--and for a time, they lived only 
off of goat's milk.
  In 1948, Bob and a friend were at the roller-rink, where he saw a 
beautiful girl--about whom he told his friend: ``I'm going to marry 
that girl!'' Well, ``that girl'' became his wife, Beulah (Be-Be), when 
they eloped six months later. Be-Be grew up on a farm and hated farm 
work; she vowed she would never marry a farmer, but not long after they 
married, Bob rented a farm from his father, and Be-Be helped by doing 
one of her least favorite chores--milking cows--and she kept the books 
for the farm.
  In 1959, Bob purchased his own farm in Carlisle, where he farmed for 
more than 30 years, raised their three daughters, and a foster child 
for four years. After selling the farm in 1967, Bob started his own 
business, Agriservice, in 1969, from which he would deliver farm 
supplies to local farmers. Amazing with numbers, Bob remembered 
everything he bought for the company, how much he paid for it, and how 
much profit he made.
  In 1988, Bob sold Agriservice and purchased a junkyard, where he sold 
scrap metal to the United States Military for Operation Desert Storm. 
It took him six years to clean out the property, after which he sold 
part of the land to his great-granddaughter.
  Bob and Be-Be love to travel and do so whenever they can. In 1967, 
Bob bought a sedan on a whim and took the family on a summer trip to 
California, stopping at every National Park along the way. On another 
occasion in Alaska, Bob and Be-Be slept in the back of their truck 
because there were no motels in the remote area they were visiting.
  Bob and Be-Be have been married for a blessed and astonishing 73 
years. From their three daughters, they have seven grandchildren, 12 
great-grandchildren, and are expecting the imminent birth of their 
first great-great-grandchild this year. Before they moved into Silver 
Spring Personal Care Home, they lived in a small home from 1989 to 
November of 2025.

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  Mr. Speaker, I am so greatly humbled and honored to recognize Mr. 
Robert Boyer on the blessed and truly amazing occasion of his 102nd 
Birthday. His life truly epitomizes that of ``The Greatest Generation'' 
and of a life done right--as evidenced by his wife, Be-Be, his family 
and friends who love him dearly, and the countless people whose lives 
he has touched and affected in myriad ways. He sets the standard by 
which all should be judged, and I wish him continued God's blessings.

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