David S. Borders | Office manager, vet, 58

David S. Borders, 58, of Drexel Hill, an office manager and Vietnam War veteran, died of melanoma Saturday at home.

Mr. Borders graduated from Upper Darby High School. He then was a welder at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and helped prepare the battleship New Jersey for deployment to Vietnam in 1968.

The next year he was in Vietnam, serving in the Army as a generator technician.

After his discharge, Mr. Borders worked for an elevator company and as a bill collector. For the last 13 years, he had been office manager with HiTech Instruments Inc. in Broomall.

He loved to travel, said his wife, Sandra Thomas Borders, especially in England, where he took beautiful photographs of the castles and the landscape.

In addition to his wife of 35 years, Mr. Borders is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Downey; a son, James; his mother, Beatrice Henriques; a sister; three brothers; and a granddaughter.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Drexel Hill United Methodist Church, 600 Burmont Rd., Drexel Hill; Mr. Borders had been a member there for 25 years. Friends may call from 9 a.m. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill.