A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the First Parish Church for Robert Burnley Cutler. His sister-in-law, the Rev. Catherine Cullen, will officiate.

Mr. Cutler, a Duxbury resident for many years, died March 5 at the VA Hospital in West Roxbury following a brief illness. He was 67.

Born in Hanover, N. H., the son of the late John and Bobbie Cutler, he grew up in Duxbury and attended the local schools. He was a 1959 graduate of Groton School in Groton, Mass., where he excelled as a student and as an athlete. At Groton, he lettered in baseball and tennis and captained the varsity basketball team. Early in his senior year at Groton, Mr. Cutler was accepted at Harvard College.

For nearly 47 years, he waged a heroic battle against schizophrenia and was living at a halfway house in Lowell at the time of his death.

He served briefly in the U.S. Army.

Mr. Cutler leaves a brother, David Cutler, of Duxbury; two sisters, Margaret (Meg) Cutler Chandler of Bethesda, M.D., and Abigail R. Cutler of Pembroke; two nephews, Joshua S. Cutler of Duxbury and Benjamin D. Cutler of Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.; and two nieces, Carolyn M. Cutler of New York City and Rebecca W. Cutler of Duxbury.

He also leaves his long-time guardian, Atty. Robert Forrest of East Kingston, N.H.

Burial will be in Mayflower Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Cutler Scholarship c/o the Trustees of Partridge Academy, Box 2552, Duxbury, MA 02331.