Harry H. Brobst Sr., 87, of Schuylkill Haven, passed away Friday at home with his loving family by his side.
Born in Pottsville, Dec. 15, 1928, he was a son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Raifsnider Brobst.
Harry worked as a truck driver for Pottsville Sanitation for more than 30 years and then in maintenance for Pine Shirt Co., Pottsville, until retiring in 1987.
Harry was a member of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schuylkill Haven. He volunteered for Salvation Army Christmas parties and other fund raisers for more than 20 years.
Harry was devoted to his family and enjoyed taking care of his grandchildren, Sunday auction trips with his children, cooking with and for his family, walking and playing the lottery. Everyone knew his as "Pap."
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Harry H. Brobst Jr.; two daughters, Donna M. Zelinsky and Mary Ann Brobst; a grandson, Harry H. Brobst III; a granddaughter Laura Beth Brobst; five brothers, Robert, Joseph, Clarence, Fredrick and William Brobst; four sisters, Hazel Brown, Mary Evans, Betsy Ansbach and Anna Mae Krammes.
Harry is survived by his wife of 62 years, Jean M. Luskasic Brobst; two daughters, Michele G. Cicero and her husband, Gary Miller, and Angela C. Weiser and her husband, David D., all of Schuylkill Haven; two brothers, Thomas A. Brobst and his wife, Linda L., Schuylkill Haven, and John P. Brobst and his wife, Barbara A.; a son-in-law, Joseph Zelinsky, Mechanicsville; 19 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren; a great great-grandson; a brother, Charles Brobst, Minersville; a sister, Mildred Brobst, California; nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Robert A. Evans Jr. Funeral Home, 208 Pike St., Port Carbon, with David Rowe, pastor, officiating. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with the family from 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven. Please send condolences to www.robertaevansjrfh.com.
Published in Republican & Herald on Sept. 26, 2016
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Born in Pottsville, Dec. 15, 1928, he was a son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Raifsnider Brobst.
Harry worked as a truck driver for Pottsville Sanitation for more than 30 years and then in maintenance for Pine Shirt Co., Pottsville, until retiring in 1987.
Harry was a member of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schuylkill Haven. He volunteered for Salvation Army Christmas parties and other fund raisers for more than 20 years.
Harry was devoted to his family and enjoyed taking care of his grandchildren, Sunday auction trips with his children, cooking with and for his family, walking and playing the lottery. Everyone knew his as "Pap."
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Harry H. Brobst Jr.; two daughters, Donna M. Zelinsky and Mary Ann Brobst; a grandson, Harry H. Brobst III; a granddaughter Laura Beth Brobst; five brothers, Robert, Joseph, Clarence, Fredrick and William Brobst; four sisters, Hazel Brown, Mary Evans, Betsy Ansbach and Anna Mae Krammes.
Harry is survived by his wife of 62 years, Jean M. Luskasic Brobst; two daughters, Michele G. Cicero and her husband, Gary Miller, and Angela C. Weiser and her husband, David D., all of Schuylkill Haven; two brothers, Thomas A. Brobst and his wife, Linda L., Schuylkill Haven, and John P. Brobst and his wife, Barbara A.; a son-in-law, Joseph Zelinsky, Mechanicsville; 19 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren; a great great-grandson; a brother, Charles Brobst, Minersville; a sister, Mildred Brobst, California; nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Robert A. Evans Jr. Funeral Home, 208 Pike St., Port Carbon, with David Rowe, pastor, officiating. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with the family from 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven. Please send condolences to www.robertaevansjrfh.com.
Published in Republican & Herald on Sept. 26, 2016
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Harry H. Brobst Sr., 87, of Schuylkill Haven, passed away Friday at home with his loving family by his side.
Born in Pottsville, Dec. 15, 1928, he was a son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Raifsnider Brobst.
Harry worked as a truck driver for Pottsville Sanitation for more than 30 years and then in maintenance for Pine Shirt Co., Pottsville, until retiring in 1987.
Harry was a member of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schuylkill Haven. He volunteered for Salvation Army Christmas parties and other fund raisers for more than 20 years.
Harry was devoted to his family and enjoyed taking care of his grandchildren, Sunday auction trips with his children, cooking with and for his family, walking and playing the lottery. Everyone knew his as "Pap."
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Harry H. Brobst Jr.; two daughters, Donna M. Zelinsky and Mary Ann Brobst; a grandson, Harry H. Brobst III; a granddaughter Laura Beth Brobst; five brothers, Robert, Joseph, Clarence, Fredrick and William Brobst; four sisters, Hazel Brown, Mary Evans, Betsy Ansbach and Anna Mae Krammes.
Harry is survived by his wife of 62 years, Jean M. Luskasic Brobst; two daughters, Michele G. Cicero and her husband, Gary Miller, and Angela C. Weiser and her husband, David D., all of Schuylkill Haven; two brothers, Thomas A. Brobst and his wife, Linda L., Schuylkill Haven, and John P. Brobst and his wife, Barbara A.; a son-in-law, Joseph Zelinsky, Mechanicsville; 19 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren; a great great-grandson; a brother, Charles Brobst, Minersville; a sister, Mildred Brobst, California; nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Robert A. Evans Jr. Funeral Home, 208 Pike St., Port Carbon, with David Rowe, pastor, officiating. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with the family from 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven. Please send condolences to www.robertaevansjrfh.com.
Published in Republican & Herald on Sept. 26, 2016
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Born in Pottsville, Dec. 15, 1928, he was a son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Raifsnider Brobst.
Harry worked as a truck driver for Pottsville Sanitation for more than 30 years and then in maintenance for Pine Shirt Co., Pottsville, until retiring in 1987.
Harry was a member of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schuylkill Haven. He volunteered for Salvation Army Christmas parties and other fund raisers for more than 20 years.
Harry was devoted to his family and enjoyed taking care of his grandchildren, Sunday auction trips with his children, cooking with and for his family, walking and playing the lottery. Everyone knew his as "Pap."
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Harry H. Brobst Jr.; two daughters, Donna M. Zelinsky and Mary Ann Brobst; a grandson, Harry H. Brobst III; a granddaughter Laura Beth Brobst; five brothers, Robert, Joseph, Clarence, Fredrick and William Brobst; four sisters, Hazel Brown, Mary Evans, Betsy Ansbach and Anna Mae Krammes.
Harry is survived by his wife of 62 years, Jean M. Luskasic Brobst; two daughters, Michele G. Cicero and her husband, Gary Miller, and Angela C. Weiser and her husband, David D., all of Schuylkill Haven; two brothers, Thomas A. Brobst and his wife, Linda L., Schuylkill Haven, and John P. Brobst and his wife, Barbara A.; a son-in-law, Joseph Zelinsky, Mechanicsville; 19 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren; a great great-grandson; a brother, Charles Brobst, Minersville; a sister, Mildred Brobst, California; nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Robert A. Evans Jr. Funeral Home, 208 Pike St., Port Carbon, with David Rowe, pastor, officiating. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with the family from 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven. Please send condolences to www.robertaevansjrfh.com.
Published in Republican & Herald on Sept. 26, 2016
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