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Joseph C. Gobrecht

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Joseph C. Gobrecht

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29 May 1995 (aged 92)
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Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Joseph C. Gobrecht, 92, of 202 Diller Road, died 6:15 a.m. Monday morning, May 29, 1995, at the Hanover General Hospital. He had been a patient at Hanover Hall Nursing Home for six weeks prior to his death. He was the husband of Ruth V. Sterner Gobrecht. They would have celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary on June 5, 1995. Born Feb. 2, 1903, in Pine Grove, Union Township, Adams County, he was the son of the late John A. and Emma Stonesifer Gobrecht. He was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Hanover and was employed by the Hanover Shoe Co., for over 50 years until his retirement. He played in 17 different bands through the years, including the Hanover Little German Band and the Knights of Pythias which later became the Hanover Moose Band of which he served as president for several years. He also taught trombone and saxaphone. He was the youngest and last living brother of the Six Gobrecht Brothers Orchestra. He mostly played the trombone and alto horn. He was also a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge 227. Surviving also are three daughters, Toppy G. Bell of Richardson, Texas, D. Roberta Lighty and Virginia G. Heath, both of York; 10 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and a sister, Edna Sterner of Hanover. Burial in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hanover.
The Evening Sun, Wed. May, 31, 1995
Joseph C. Gobrecht, 92, of 202 Diller Road, died 6:15 a.m. Monday morning, May 29, 1995, at the Hanover General Hospital. He had been a patient at Hanover Hall Nursing Home for six weeks prior to his death. He was the husband of Ruth V. Sterner Gobrecht. They would have celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary on June 5, 1995. Born Feb. 2, 1903, in Pine Grove, Union Township, Adams County, he was the son of the late John A. and Emma Stonesifer Gobrecht. He was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Hanover and was employed by the Hanover Shoe Co., for over 50 years until his retirement. He played in 17 different bands through the years, including the Hanover Little German Band and the Knights of Pythias which later became the Hanover Moose Band of which he served as president for several years. He also taught trombone and saxaphone. He was the youngest and last living brother of the Six Gobrecht Brothers Orchestra. He mostly played the trombone and alto horn. He was also a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge 227. Surviving also are three daughters, Toppy G. Bell of Richardson, Texas, D. Roberta Lighty and Virginia G. Heath, both of York; 10 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and a sister, Edna Sterner of Hanover. Burial in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hanover.
The Evening Sun, Wed. May, 31, 1995

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