Jean
Jean Brobeck
Jean Huntington Brobeck of Bedford, Virginia, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 3, 2010.
Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1930, she graduated from Lunenburg High School in 1948, and graduated from Colby College in Waterville, ME, with a degree in History in 1952. She later earned a Master\"™s Degree from Boston University. Mrs. Brobeck\"™s career was devoted to teaching, first in the dependent schools in Baumholder, Germany, where she met her husband of fifty years, Lt. Col. Irvin Brobeck. She also taught in Bangkok, Thailand and in Fairfax County, Virginia. She retired from teaching in 1985. She was a member of Phi Lamda Theta, the honorary society for women in education and an active member of the American Association of University Women.
Wherever she lived, Mrs. Brobeck participated in multiple civic organizations including the Girl Scouts of America, the PTA, the Lincoln County Historical Association and Friends of the Library in Wiscasset, ME. She maintained her membership in the Wiscasset Female Charitable Society until the time of her death. Since moving to Bedford, Virginia in 1996) she dedicated herself whole-heartedly to the St. John\"™s Altar Guild, and was a member of the Bedford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, and past board member of the Friends of the Bedford Public Library. She also served the Center for Domestic Violence\"¦
In later years, Jean Brobeck was a member of the Smith Mountain Lake Writers Group. She published two chapbooks of poetry. She was a member of the Bedford Women\"™s book club.
Mrs. Brobeck is survived by her husband, Irvin Brobeck, her children, Kurt Brobeck of Nashville, TN, Carol Brobeck of Washington DC, and Gretchen Knudson and her husband Dennis of Spotsylvania, VA, and five grandchildren: Emma and Sam Brobeck (Nashville), Catherine and Daniel Knudson of Spotsylvania, and Joel Woodruff and grand-daughter in law, Danielle Woodruff of Sterling, VA, as well as three great-grand children in Sterling, VA, Alyssa, Josh, and Gavin Woodruff.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2 PM, Sunday, March 21, 2010 at St. John\"™s Episcopal Church, Bedford. To send condolences, please visit www.obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Bedford, VA, 586-3443.
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Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1930, she graduated from Lunenburg High School in 1948, and graduated from Colby College in Waterville, ME, with a degree in History in 1952. She later earned a Master\"™s Degree from Boston University. Mrs. Brobeck\"™s career was devoted to teaching, first in the dependent schools in Baumholder, Germany, where she met her husband of fifty years, Lt. Col. Irvin Brobeck. She also taught in Bangkok, Thailand and in Fairfax County, Virginia. She retired from teaching in 1985. She was a member of Phi Lamda Theta, the honorary society for women in education and an active member of the American Association of University Women.
Wherever she lived, Mrs. Brobeck participated in multiple civic organizations including the Girl Scouts of America, the PTA, the Lincoln County Historical Association and Friends of the Library in Wiscasset, ME. She maintained her membership in the Wiscasset Female Charitable Society until the time of her death. Since moving to Bedford, Virginia in 1996) she dedicated herself whole-heartedly to the St. John\"™s Altar Guild, and was a member of the Bedford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, and past board member of the Friends of the Bedford Public Library. She also served the Center for Domestic Violence\"¦
In later years, Jean Brobeck was a member of the Smith Mountain Lake Writers Group. She published two chapbooks of poetry. She was a member of the Bedford Women\"™s book club.
Mrs. Brobeck is survived by her husband, Irvin Brobeck, her children, Kurt Brobeck of Nashville, TN, Carol Brobeck of Washington DC, and Gretchen Knudson and her husband Dennis of Spotsylvania, VA, and five grandchildren: Emma and Sam Brobeck (Nashville), Catherine and Daniel Knudson of Spotsylvania, and Joel Woodruff and grand-daughter in law, Danielle Woodruff of Sterling, VA, as well as three great-grand children in Sterling, VA, Alyssa, Josh, and Gavin Woodruff.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2 PM, Sunday, March 21, 2010 at St. John\"™s Episcopal Church, Bedford. To send condolences, please visit www.obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Bedford, VA, 586-3443.
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