Mike, Yes, I would like to get the books on CD. Please tell me how much and how to get them. What is the address for the Disbrow website? Thank you ever so much. Linda >From: MICHAEL DISBROW <mdisbrow1@sbcglobal.net> >Reply-To: disbrow@rootsweb.com >To: disbrow@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [DISBROW] Jerome Henry Disbrow >Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:36:45 -0700 (PDT) > > >From - Mike Disbrow, listowner > > Linda - > > The Jerome Henry Disbrow family is included in my book, Descendants of >Thomas & Mercy (Holbridge) Disbrow, Part 2, on pages 97-98. Jerome was the >son of Peter A. and Mary (Dunning) Disbrow, and the books trace him back to >Thomas I. > > If you'll bear with me I don't have time to reply further right now, but >you'll probably want to get the books, which are available on cd. Check >the Disbrow web site, too. > > Mike > >MARVIN GIBSON <newrussellin@msn.com> wrote: > Pam, >Thank you very much. I appreciate you keeping them in mind. >Linda > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message
Pam, Thank you very much. I appreciate you keeping them in mind. Linda
I have just begun on this family. I have so little information. I am hoping to make a connection here. Jerome Henry Disbrow b. Feb 11, 1859 d. Jan 11, 1938 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI m. Martha Ada Bury b. Apr 22, 1857 d. March 31, 1931 in Berrien County MI This couple were divorced. Martha remarried to her daughter's father-in-law, George Washington Pifer on July 30, 1918 in Berrien County Michigan. children: Lewis Henry b. May 25, 1881 m. Ida May McNees on Apr 29, 1900 in Berrien Co MI* d. May 12, 1962 in Laporte Co. IN Jennie May b. Nov 14, 1882 m. Franklin Coon on Apr 29, 1900 in Berrien Co. MI* d. May 8, 1932 in Kalamazoo County, MI* Ida Belle b. Nov 25, 1885 m. William Sylvester Pifer d. May 15, 1982 in Lake Co. FL Perry Jerome b. July 11, 1889 m. Lena Casseleman on Nov 2, 1907* d. Sept 10, 1965 in Orlando, FL Lula Martha b. June 13, 1893 m. George Clarence Pillers on July 7, 1910 in Kalamazoo, MI d/ Sept 15, 1964 in Plainwell, Allegan, MI I have a copy of her obituary I have copies of the certificates or pages of the death and marriage books that are marked with * Hope someone has these people in their data. Thanks so much for your help. Linda Gibson
>From - Mike Disbrow, listowner Linda - The Jerome Henry Disbrow family is included in my book, Descendants of Thomas & Mercy (Holbridge) Disbrow, Part 2, on pages 97-98. Jerome was the son of Peter A. and Mary (Dunning) Disbrow, and the books trace him back to Thomas I. If you'll bear with me I don't have time to reply further right now, but you'll probably want to get the books, which are available on cd. Check the Disbrow web site, too. Mike MARVIN GIBSON <newrussellin@msn.com> wrote: Pam, Thank you very much. I appreciate you keeping them in mind. Linda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Linda, It doesn't look like our Disbrow families are connected at this point. I haven't done much research on this line either but so far mine are all in NY. If I come across anything else I'll send it your way. Pam Holland ----- Original Message ----- From: "MARVIN GIBSON" <newrussellin@msn.com> To: <DISBROW@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: [DISBROW] Jerome Henry Disbrow >I have just begun on this family. I have so little information. I am > hoping to make a connection here. > Jerome Henry Disbrow > b. Feb 11, 1859 > d. Jan 11, 1938 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI > m. Martha Ada Bury b. Apr 22, 1857 d. March 31, 1931 in Berrien County MI > This couple were divorced. Martha remarried to her daughter's > father-in-law, George Washington Pifer on July 30, 1918 in Berrien County > Michigan. > children: > Lewis Henry b. May 25, 1881 > m. Ida May McNees on Apr 29, 1900 in Berrien Co MI* > d. May 12, 1962 in Laporte Co. IN > Jennie May b. Nov 14, 1882 > m. Franklin Coon on Apr 29, 1900 in Berrien Co. MI* > d. May 8, 1932 in Kalamazoo County, MI* > Ida Belle b. Nov 25, 1885 > m. William Sylvester Pifer > d. May 15, 1982 in Lake Co. FL > Perry Jerome b. July 11, 1889 > m. Lena Casseleman on Nov 2, 1907* > d. Sept 10, 1965 in Orlando, FL > Lula Martha b. June 13, 1893 > m. George Clarence Pillers on July 7, 1910 in Kalamazoo, MI > d/ Sept 15, 1964 in Plainwell, Allegan, MI > I have a copy of her obituary > I have copies of the certificates or pages of the death and marriage books > that are marked with * > > Hope someone has these people in their data. > Thanks so much for your help. > Linda Gibson > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
>From - Mike Disbrow, listowner Here's another query I received lately I thought I'd throw out to the group and see if any one can offer some help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Kelibea3@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 00:06:08 EDT Subject: Disbrow S & D Co. To: mdisbrow1@sbcglobal.net My name is David Obst. I came upon a big oak board that has Disbrow S and D Co. Cedar Rapids IA, painted in block letters on it. It was part of some kitchen cabinets from the 1920's. I was just wondering more about the history of the piece. For example, was it part of another piece of furniture before it came part of a cabinet. It does look like it had been a table top at one time. Anyway my phone number is 319-366-2287. I did find that a family of Disbrows lived in Iowa in the late 1800's through the 1900's that owned a log mill. I wondered if they were related. Hope life is treating you good. God Bless. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm sure I have heard about this company during my research on the Disbrows, and I probably have some info on it somewhere. The trouble is all my indexes are by first names, and I can't put a first name to this problem. If memory serves me correctly, the Disbrow Sash and Door Co. was originally in Clinton, Iowa. Can someone give David and me some help on this? - Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here's another piece of Disbrow trivia for you: Did you know that the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant chain was founded by a fellow named James Disbrow - a former Olympic figure skater? Just Wikipedia the name and you'll find an item on him.
>From - Mike Disbrow, listowner The following was received from James E. Disbrow, Apr. 16: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "James Disbrow" jdisbrow@aquatron.us To: mdisbrow1@sbcglobal.net Dear Sir/Madam, I am fascinated with the idea of a large gathering of Disbrows a name not common. My father is from New Jersey, Durrell E. Disbrow married to Flora Katherine Cavender of Old Hickory Tenn. My dads father Willard E. Disbrow I believe was from Heights Town NJ he married Emma Fenemore sadly I do not know where my grandmother originated. I do know they lived in Old Hickory Tenn for many years before residing in St. Petersberg FL. My Grandfather had three sons Durrelle E. Disbrow, my father age 89, Otis Disbrow deceased and Revile Disbrow also deceased he also had a daughter Cynneth Disbrow, also deceased. Otis had two daughters, Emma Lou and Carolyn Sue and a son Keathen. Revile had two sons Nicholas and Randal, Durrelle had two daughters and two sons Christy, Kathy, David and James (me) Cynneth had two daughters Jerri and Cynneth. I would appreciate any insight you can offer regarding the family. I know we originated in England I do not know if there exists a cost of arms if there is anything I can ask my dad regarding his family let me know and I will be glad to do so. James E. Disbrow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My reply to James is as follows: James - Thanks for writing. I do have some information on your family and it mainly comes from a book that was printed in 1979 known as "The Disbrow Book" (for lack of a better name). It was one of those books where they asked people by the name of Disbrow to submit information, then they printed it and sold it back to them. There are two pages that would be of interest to you - one submitted by Willard V. Disbrow (your grandfather) and one by Otis Crandall Disbrow (your uncle). The pages I have are photocopies of the submitters' own handwriting answering questions on a printed form. I can scan and send you copies by email if you want them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full name - Willard V. Disbrow Address - Casper Dr., Clearwater, Fla. 33516 Occupation or employer - Dupont, retired Church or religion - Methodist Military service - <blank> Social or fraternal organizations - <blank> Special interest - <blank> Birthplace - unknown / Birthdate - Mar. 1891 Spouse's name - Emma / How long married - 76 years Children - [unreadable] age 68, Otis age 65, [unreadable] age 65, Ree[ ? ] age 54 Number of grandchildren - 12 Father's name - Ed Mother's name - Sarah Country or region of family origin - [unreadable] Significant or colorful human events in immediate family or in family history - <blank> Signature - Willard V. Disbrow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full name - Otis Crandall Disbrow Address - 800 [ ? ]wave, Martinsville, VA 24112 Occupation or employer - Du Pont, supv, retired Church or religion - Methodist Military service - <blank> Social or fraternal organizations - BPOE Special interest - Gardening Birthplace - Hightstown, N.J. / Birthdate - March 10, 1912 Spouse's name - Lula S. Jenkins / How long married - 48 years Children - Keethan age 47, Carolyn Sue age 32 Number of grandchildren - 8 + 2 great Father's name - Willard V. Disbrow Mother's name - Emma L. Fenimore Country or region of family origin - "Eastern U.S. Name was taken from "French Trader" by great great grandfather, a Delaware Indian" Significant or colorful human events in immediate family or in family history - "Grandfather Edward was a head butter in late 1800's. Was known as "Whoopee." You could hear him holler from one end of town to the other on Sat. night." Signature - Otis C. Disbrow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above may give you some clues for researching your family history, such as your great grandparents' names (Edward and Sarah). I cannot tell you any more on Edward Disbrow because there were quite a few by that name in that time period. But if you can get more information on him I might be able to add more generations to your Disbrow ancestry from my files. Another change - you gave me your grandfather's name as Willard E., but he clearly gave it as Willard V. and so did Otis. (Interestingly my father's name was also Willard. ) Social Securtiy death records show that Willard V. Disbrow died in Aug. 1985 in Franklin Co., Tennessee. I don't have any additional info on his wife Emma L. Fenimore. I'm going to send your inquiry out to our Disbrow mailing list, which will reach about 100 subscribers, so you may hear more from someone there. Quite a few are interested in the New Jersey Disbrows. Best of luck and keep me informed of your progress. Mike Disbrow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As I stated to James, I have no further info on his gt. grandfather Edward, although I have a number of "unplaced" Edwards from that time period in my miscellaneous files. Perhaps someone in this group can help. You can contact James directly, and/or use the mailing list to keep the rest of us informed on the issue. Mike
>From - Mike Disbrow, listowner Just a reminder to those of you ordering the new Disbrow Family Newsletter CD (or any of the other CDs I have available), to please note somewhere that it is the "Disbrow Family Newsletter" or "DFN" cd that you want. I have other cd's available, such as the Disbrow Military Records (American Revolution or Civil War) and the Thomas Disbrow Descendants books. If you are interested in them, there is information at the Disbrow web site, and you can email me for pricing. Thanks a lot for everyone's support! Mike
To the list, My great aunt, Dollie Lee DISBROW Bullitt (husband Sherwood Louis Bullitt), daughter of Scott Sheridan Disbrow and Izetta Ganell Bodkin, Charles NMI Disbrow and Rachel Ann Reeder, Orin Disbrow and Abigal ????, Daniel Disbrow and Elizabeth B. Morehouse; and ????? had her 93th birthday today. She may be hard of hearing and losing her sight but she still recalls some of the old family history. Just wanted to let the list know! Greg Higgins
Please reserve a copy for me! Thanks Mike, and very sorry for your loss. Gary R. Disbrow Sr. Program Manager, Detectors DRS Power & Control Technologies, Inc. Phone: (203) 798-3243 Cell: (203) 482-5319 e-mail: GaryRDisbrow@drs-pct.com fax: (203) 798-3214 -----Original Message----- From: disbrow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:disbrow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mdisbrow1 Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:32 AM To: Disbrow Mailing List Subject: [DISBROW] Disbrow Family Newsletters now available on CD >From - Mike Disbrow, listowner (mdisbrow1@sbcglobal.net) Subject - Disbrow Family Newsletters / Disbrow Descendants Reports cd now available I now (finally) have available a cd containing the complete set of Disbrow Family Newsletters, Nos. 1 through 45. And in order to fill out the cd and make it even more valuable as a Disbrow research tool, I've added all twelve of the "Disbrow Descendants Reports". Really, there is a very large amount of material here (almost 700 pages in the newsletters alone!), that many will find valuable for the research on their Disbrow ancestry. Here is an explanation of exactly what is on this cd: --------------------------------------------------------- The Disbrow Family Newsletter (DFN) was published from 1984 through the first quarter of 1999, with a four-year break between 1992 and 1997. The first publisher/editor was Michael S. Disbrow (myself), and in 1989 the project was turned over to Cassius L. "Cash" Disbrow, who continued to edit and publish the newsletter until early 1999 when he had to quit on account of his health. Cash increased the size of the newsletter from the previous eight, to twenty pages per issue, and printed several long excerpts in serial format from manuscripts in his collection, as well as material submitted by others. (Cash passed away on 9 June 2001 in Sioux Falls, SD, at the age of 77.) The main purpose of the DFN was to collect and share information on the history and genealogy of the various Disbrow (and various spellings) families, prinicipally of the United States and Canada. At the same time I was trying to gather as much information as I could on the descendants of Thomas and Mercy (Holbridge) Disbrow, for the purpose of having a printed volume made of the same, which project was accomplished with the publication of "The Descendants of Thomas and Mercy (Holbridge) Disbrow" in two volumes, the first of which was printed in 1992, and the second in 1996. The pages of the DFN contain many different types of records, including biographies from county histories and other such books, census records and indexes, family Bible records, cemetery inscriptions, excerpts from family genealogies, old letters and diaries, obituaries, vital statistics from town and county records collections, military lists, etc., etc., and in all, fill nearly 700 pages of material. There is an all-name index included for the years 1984 through 1988, and individual indexes for the years 1989 and 1990. Unfortunately at this time there are no indexes covering the years after 1990 (with one exception - 1997), however starting with DFN No. 30 (Apr. 1991) Cash started putting a Table of Contents on the front page of each issue, which does help with locating items of interest. --------------------------------------------------------- The "Disbrow Descendant Reports" have been compiled from research done by myself and by others with an interest in these families who have shared their information with me. Much of the information was turned up while I was researching my own line (the descendants of Thomas Disbrow of Fairfield, CT,) and the families in these reports are either from a different Disbrow immigrant, or cannot be placed within the known descendants of Thomas. I make no claim that all the data is entirely accurate, or that these reports comprise a complete list of descendants. I am no longer doing any personal research on any of these families, but only want to make the information available for future researchers to use as a starting point for their own research. All, or at least most, of the references used are listed within the reports, each report has an all-name index at the end, and there is usually a date shown to indicate when the report was last updated. Here are the titles of the reports: DDR-1 - Descendants of Furbank & Susan (Howcroft) Disbrow of Wayne Co., NY DDR-2 - Descendants of Henry & Catherine Disbrow of Montgomery Co., NY DDR-3 - Descendants of Henry & Sarah (Anderson) Disbrow of Detroit & Monroe, MI DDR-4 - Descendants of Israel & Jerusha Disbrow of Danbury, CT DDR-5 - Descendants of John & Sarah (Few) Disbrow of Lockport, NY DDR-6 - Descendants of William & Fanny (Jackway) Disbrow of Conneaut, OH DDR-7 - Descendants of Samuel & Anna (Patterson) Disbrow of Dutchess Co., NY DDR-8 - Descendants of Samuel C. & Mercy (Coon) Disbrow of Broome Co., NY DDR-9 - Descendants of William & Sarah (Savage) Disbrow DDR-10 - Descendants of William H. & Arminta "Submit" Disbrow of Milford, MI DDR-11 - Descendants of Abraham & Jane (Ferguson) Disbro of Richland Co., OH DDR-12 - Descendants of Henry & Margaret (Haddon?) Disbrow of Mamaroneck, NY (Note - all of these reports can also be found on the Disbrow Family Website) --------------------------------------------------------- The files on this disk are in .pdf format, made with Adobe Acrobat version 5, and have been burned to Maxell CD-R Pro disks, which are purportedly "scratch resistant" and have "superior archival life", according to the packaging. (Elsewhere I have heard these referred to as "100 year disks".) You will need some version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, which - if you don't already have it - can be downloaded for free from the Adobe web site, and the address is included on the disk. There are also two Notepad (.txt) files with notes about content and other explanatory information. The cost of the disk is $12 (including postage). I'll accept personal checks (made out to me), or money orders. Send to: Michael S. Disbrow 11413 East 20 Rd. Manton, MI 49663 If you have any questions before you decide whether or not to order, please email me: mdisbrow1@sbcglobal.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
>From - Mike Disbrow, listowner (mdisbrow1@sbcglobal.net) Subject - Disbrow Family Newsletters / Disbrow Descendants Reports cd now available I now (finally) have available a cd containing the complete set of Disbrow Family Newsletters, Nos. 1 through 45. And in order to fill out the cd and make it even more valuable as a Disbrow research tool, I've added all twelve of the "Disbrow Descendants Reports". Really, there is a very large amount of material here (almost 700 pages in the newsletters alone!), that many will find valuable for the research on their Disbrow ancestry. Here is an explanation of exactly what is on this cd: --------------------------------------------------------- The Disbrow Family Newsletter (DFN) was published from 1984 through the first quarter of 1999, with a four-year break between 1992 and 1997. The first publisher/editor was Michael S. Disbrow (myself), and in 1989 the project was turned over to Cassius L. "Cash" Disbrow, who continued to edit and publish the newsletter until early 1999 when he had to quit on account of his health. Cash increased the size of the newsletter from the previous eight, to twenty pages per issue, and printed several long excerpts in serial format from manuscripts in his collection, as well as material submitted by others. (Cash passed away on 9 June 2001 in Sioux Falls, SD, at the age of 77.) The main purpose of the DFN was to collect and share information on the history and genealogy of the various Disbrow (and various spellings) families, prinicipally of the United States and Canada. At the same time I was trying to gather as much information as I could on the descendants of Thomas and Mercy (Holbridge) Disbrow, for the purpose of having a printed volume made of the same, which project was accomplished with the publication of "The Descendants of Thomas and Mercy (Holbridge) Disbrow" in two volumes, the first of which was printed in 1992, and the second in 1996. The pages of the DFN contain many different types of records, including biographies from county histories and other such books, census records and indexes, family Bible records, cemetery inscriptions, excerpts from family genealogies, old letters and diaries, obituaries, vital statistics from town and county records collections, military lists, etc., etc., and in all, fill nearly 700 pages of material. There is an all-name index included for the years 1984 through 1988, and individual indexes for the years 1989 and 1990. Unfortunately at this time there are no indexes covering the years after 1990 (with one exception - 1997), however starting with DFN No. 30 (Apr. 1991) Cash started putting a Table of Contents on the front page of each issue, which does help with locating items of interest. --------------------------------------------------------- The "Disbrow Descendant Reports" have been compiled from research done by myself and by others with an interest in these families who have shared their information with me. Much of the information was turned up while I was researching my own line (the descendants of Thomas Disbrow of Fairfield, CT,) and the families in these reports are either from a different Disbrow immigrant, or cannot be placed within the known descendants of Thomas. I make no claim that all the data is entirely accurate, or that these reports comprise a complete list of descendants. I am no longer doing any personal research on any of these families, but only want to make the information available for future researchers to use as a starting point for their own research. All, or at least most, of the references used are listed within the reports, each report has an all-name index at the end, and there is usually a date shown to indicate when the report was last updated. Here are the titles of the reports: DDR-1 - Descendants of Furbank & Susan (Howcroft) Disbrow of Wayne Co., NY DDR-2 - Descendants of Henry & Catherine Disbrow of Montgomery Co., NY DDR-3 - Descendants of Henry & Sarah (Anderson) Disbrow of Detroit & Monroe, MI DDR-4 - Descendants of Israel & Jerusha Disbrow of Danbury, CT DDR-5 - Descendants of John & Sarah (Few) Disbrow of Lockport, NY DDR-6 - Descendants of William & Fanny (Jackway) Disbrow of Conneaut, OH DDR-7 - Descendants of Samuel & Anna (Patterson) Disbrow of Dutchess Co., NY DDR-8 - Descendants of Samuel C. & Mercy (Coon) Disbrow of Broome Co., NY DDR-9 - Descendants of William & Sarah (Savage) Disbrow DDR-10 - Descendants of William H. & Arminta "Submit" Disbrow of Milford, MI DDR-11 - Descendants of Abraham & Jane (Ferguson) Disbro of Richland Co., OH DDR-12 - Descendants of Henry & Margaret (Haddon?) Disbrow of Mamaroneck, NY (Note - all of these reports can also be found on the Disbrow Family Website) --------------------------------------------------------- The files on this disk are in .pdf format, made with Adobe Acrobat version 5, and have been burned to Maxell CD-R Pro disks, which are purportedly "scratch resistant" and have "superior archival life", according to the packaging. (Elsewhere I have heard these referred to as "100 year disks".) You will need some version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, which - if you don't already have it - can be downloaded for free from the Adobe web site, and the address is included on the disk. There are also two Notepad (.txt) files with notes about content and other explanatory information. The cost of the disk is $12 (including postage). I'll accept personal checks (made out to me), or money orders. Send to: Michael S. Disbrow 11413 East 20 Rd. Manton, MI 49663 If you have any questions before you decide whether or not to order, please email me: mdisbrow1@sbcglobal.net
>From - Mike Disbrow, listowner So many of you have written to express your condolences for the loss of my father and I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers. I hope you will forgive me for not answering each of you individually as I would like to, but I want you to know how much it means to us to know we have such friends and relations as you in our time of loss. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. All this has set me back a bit on my projects of course. I know some of you are waiting for the Disbrow Family Newsletter cd to be available. I will be "back on course" soon and be finishing that up so it can be offered, and I'll send a note to this mailing list at that time. Thank you for your patience. Mike
My name is Nancy Adams, and I am a possible Disbrow descendant through Justin Disbrow's daughter Catherine. She married James Arnold and I come from the Arnolds of Fairfield county, Conn. I am trying to determine if Catherine and James' oldest son is named Albert, and if his second son's middle name is Lorenzo (Edwin L. Arnold). Albert was my great grandfather and I am trying to locate his parents. Do you know any Disbrow who might have descended from Justin and Elizabeth and might have this information? <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
Mike, condolences on the passing of your father. Bertha Hall
In a message dated 2/25/2007 11:51:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, mdisbrow1@sbcglobal.net writes: > Subject - My father passed away last Monday. > Mike, I'm sorry to hear about your Dad. May he rest in peace. Walt Disbrow ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
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Mike: My condolences to you and your family. He appears to have had a rich and long life. May you find peace and comfort in his memory. Jack ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
Mike, Just saw the notice on your Dad's passing. I am so sorry for your loss, his legacy is great. Carolyn Crockett MICHAEL DISBROW <mdisbrow1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >From - Mike Disbrow, listowner Subject - My father passed away last Monday. --------------------------------------------------------------------- >From the Cadillac [Michigan] Evening News, Feb. 20, 2007: WILLARD DISBROW MANTON Willard Lyle Disbrow, age 92, of Manton died Monday morning, Feb. 19, 2007 at Lakeview Lutheran Manor in Cadillac. He was born in Mancelona on Oct. 25, 1914, the fourth child of six, to Arthur and Mary (Brazee) Disbrow. Mr. Disbrow grew up in Manton and graduated from Manton High School in 1932 and from Cleary College in Ypsilanti in 1934. He married the former Leona Iris Smith in Onekama on Oct. 15, 1938. During World War II, he worked for the U.S. Navy at the Naval Air Station in Alameda, Calif. After the war he returned with his family to Michigan and was employed at Oldsmobile in Lansing, Alma Trailer in Alma and then for the Tucker Corporation in Chicago. He retired from the Budd Company in Detroit in 1971 and moved to Florida. He returned to Manton in 1979. He was a longtime member and deacon of the Manton Baptist Church. He served for a number of years on the Wexford County Council on Aging and had served as president of the Manton Area Retirees Club. He was director of the Manton Area Historical Museum and was recently recognized by the Museum for his many years of faithful service. He was also honored as Mantons Citizen of the Year in 1999. He was proud of his work as a federal census taker in the U.S. censuses of 1970, 80 and 90. Mr. Disbrow was preceded in death by his wife, Leona on May 29, 2004 and also by his two sisters and three brothers. Surviving are three children: daughter, Sharon V. Geraci of Centerline; sons, Vernon (Marylynn) Disbrow and Michael (Denise) Disbrow, both of Manton; six grandchildren, Jeanine (Walter) Robinson of Warren, Aaron Kelly of Warren, Janice (Mark) Doede of Southfield, Lauren Disbrow of Sault Ste. Marie, Ian Disbrow of Anchorville, Ethan Disbrow of Ypsilanti; 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 at 1 p.m. at the Manton Baptist Church with Rev. Dan Hemmes officiating. Friends may call at the Hall Funeral Chapel on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm. Burial in Fairview Cemetery will be in the spring. Gifts in memory of Willard may be made to the Manton Area Historical Museum. [edited by msd] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.
Mike, You and your family have our sincere sympathy in the loss of your father. May you feel God's comforting presence. Dave and Marie DisBrow
Mike and Family; Deepest Sympathy for the loss of your father. He must have been a very remarkable man. M. C. Harviston