- Date Of Birth: June 22, 1914
- Date Of Death: March 24, 2006
- State: Massachusetts
GRAFTON – Robert E.
Mr. Maynard was born in Worcester, a son of the late Ernest and Enid (Howe) Maynard. He grew up in Shrewsbury and was a 1932 graduate of Shrewsbury High School. He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute with the Class of 1936 and later completed a program at the WPI School of Industrial Management and course work in advanced management at Harvard University. He had lived for many years in Upton, where he served on the Upton School Committee and had a lengthy tenure as chairman of the Upton Planning Board. He moved to Millbury in 1964 and then retired to Dennis in 1979 before moving to Grafton in 1998.
In addition to his wife, he leaves two sons, Robert E. Maynard, Jr. and his wife Judy of Grafton, and Jeff E. Maynard and his wife Sarah of Jackson, NH; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was also the father of the late Peter S. Maynard of Dennis, who died in 1996, and the brother of the late Herbert F. Maynard of Northfield, who died in 2005.