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A reception will follow the event onsite at the Saint Bonaventure Athletic Center. Lunch will be provided by Hill Grilles and deserts by Sweat Stacks

Celebration of Life for Joe Byrum

Jerry Byrum

Joseph Byrum

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Bob’s (Rob) life began on October 20, 1930, in the rolling hills of Fairmont, West Virginia. Born to James (Clark) and Caroline Breckenridge, he would be the only child of their long marriage. The new family confronted by the depths of the Great Depression, moved constantly looking for employment and a home.

Finally finding work and some stability in the late 1930s in the Civilian Conservation Corps Camps in Wyoming and Army Reserve postings in Kansas. With the arrival of World War II, Bob’s father was called to active duty and sent to Europe to fight with the 8th Infantry Division at Normandy and in the Battle of the Bulge. His father’s service had an enormous impact on Bob.

He grew to love the travel and Army lifestyle that his family pursued after the end of the war. Eventually this passion would lead to an appointment and his admission to the United Military Academy at West Point, NY. Here he would join a band of brothers in company D-1 that would become his lifelong friends and confidants. Graduating from West Point in June 1953, Bob married his college sweetheart Nola May Texley shortly thereafter; their honeymoon would last for 68 years.

The newly minted artillery officer took his new bride off on a quick journey through Fort Sill, OK, Fort Hood TX, Fort Bragg, NC and Baumholder, Germany. By 1957, Bob and Nola were back in the U.S., now with two children, and four more years with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg. Bob loved the adventure, dash and elan of being a paratrooper and he would go on to complete 65 jumps and become a master parachutist.

But the Army needed well rounded officers in 1961, and Bob was selected to attend the Defense Language School at Monterrey, CA and become a Turkish linguist. Armed with these new skills, Bob was deployed without family, for a yearlong intelligence tour in Sinope, Turkey.

Upon his return to the U.S., he packed up his family in California and moved back to Fort Bragg for another stint in the 82nd Airborne Division. By 1965 he was leading his troops to quell the civil war in the Dominican Republic. His outstanding service over this period led to his selection to attend the prestigious British Army Staff College in Camberley, England. At Camberley, Bob and Nola reveled in the social life and it was here they established another cohort of lifelong friends.

But Bob was restless and concerned he would miss the action that every soldier moves toward. The Vietnam War had escalated, and Bob moved the family back to the U.S. and a subsequent assignment as an artillery battalion commander in Xuan Loc, Vietnam. During the heavy fighting of 1967-68, Bob distinguished himself as a leader, earning the Legion of Merit, Air Medal and Bronze Star.

He was then selected to attend the National War College in Washington, DC with a follow-on assignment as Chief of Staff, International Security Affairs (ISA) in the Pentagon. Undeterred by her arduous journey following Bob, Nola delivered their third child in 1969.

In the next decade Bob would finish his ISA assignment, be promoted to Colonel and be reassigned along with his family on a four-year tour in Korea. Spending most of their time in Seoul, Bob and Nola built their third cohort of close personal friends and developed a lifelong love for Kimchi and Bulgogi.

Bob and family left Korea in 1978 and with their arrival back in the U.S.decided to retire from the Army and take a position as the Chief of staff for a Texas Congressman. Always interested in the interplay of politics and national security, Bob thrived in the halls of Congress. But the lure of working independently and providing advice on politics and world issues proved to be the greater aspiration, and Bob became an independent consultant on these issues through the 1980 and 90s.

It was in this second phase of his professional and personal life, that he developed a love for cooking and good cheer. His Thousand Island Dressing, Bearnaise sauce, Watercress soup, lamb with mint jelly, lasagna, and taste for wines became legendary. Travel was always an alure, and Bob and Nola became inveterate ocean cruisers, joining a great group from Good ShepardChurch in Fairfax, VA. Bob was a constant presence in a growing family of new spouses and grandchildren, always curious about someone’s new job and where they might go next.

His service in the Army, inspired three of his grandchildren to become Army officers, two serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. As he moved into retirement, the additional time gave him the opportunity to give back to his alma mater West Point, and he became the scribe and chief communicator for the 1953 class. Never fans of cold weather, Bob and Nola moved to Tucson, AZ in 2005 and it would be here that they would live out their lives. Always active and on the move, Bob indulged his love of history, travel and collecting a library of great films. Over the past two decades he served as an usher at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, and he served on the building and grounds committee.

He was devoted to his many friends at St. Philip's church and up until his death they would take him to lunch once a month at a Korean restaurant. Colonel Breckenridge passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 8, 2025.

He is survived by his children: Jim (Missy), Betsy (Tom) Knoizen Bosworth, and Anne (John) Barrett.His grandchildren are Katie Crombe, Lauren Knoizen, Annemarie Depue, Christopher Knoizen, Christine Schwartz, Will Barrett, and Lily Barrett. He is also survived by nine great grandchildren.

A community memorial service will be held for both Bob and Nola at 11am, Friday, January 16, 2026, at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, Tucson, Arizona. A funeral and burial will take place in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia at a date later in 2026

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