Personal Recollections:[2]
In 1941 he drove a snazzy convertible with flourish, loved new gadgets and said he had the first car radio in Wyalusing.
Married & moved early 1940s to Elmira NY.
Sergeant in WWII, Normandy Invasion on D-Day.
Worked as office manager & credit manager with LeValley McLeod Inc. in Elmira till retirement. [2]
Built their house in Elmira Hgts when dau Sue 18 mths old, 1949; his wife Rosie still there 1998. [2]
Frequent visits to Wyalusing to visit his sister Catherine BROBST REINHART; vacationed in Adirondacks, e.g. Eagle Bay NY from 1958. [2]
Heart trouble since the 1970s, d. 1991 of sudden heart attack -- wife left him sitting in living room petting dog after family picnic at their house Father’s Day; when she returned to the room 15 minutes later, he was gone. [2]
Death
Pierson died on 18 Jun 1991 in Elmira Heights, Chemung Co, NY aged 74.
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Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA. [5]
Pierson T “Pete” Brobst Jr. (13 Feb 1917–16 Jun 1991)
Note: Spouse is listed with 2 FindaGrave references: 176627785, 192287262.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3TB-BQX : accessed 3 October 2016), Pierson Bropst in household of Sara Brace, Ward 4, Elmira, Elmira City, Chemung, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-26, sheet 3B, family 67, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2513.
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.4 Personal recollections of Daughter Susan BROBST ZUMCHAK 1997.
↑ Soc. sec. death index: Pierson T. BROBST b. 13 Feb 1917. d. 16 Jun 1991 xxx-xx-xx09 issued New York.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKLV-3ZC : 19 May 2014), Pierson T Brobst, 16 Jun 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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"Find a Grave", database and images accessed 30 October 2021, memorial page for Pierson T “Pete” Brobst Jr. (13 Feb 1917–16 Jun 1991), Find A Grave: Memorial #99725109, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA.
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