Posted on: Luzerne Co. Pa Obits Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Pa/LuzerneObits/16690 Surname: Brobst, Hess, Gearhart, Wenner ------------------------- Luzerne Co. Pa Obits TIMES LEADER Tuesday, April 25, 1995 Section: NEWS Page: 7A MATTIE BROBST APRIL 24, 1995 MATTIE H. BROBST, 81, OF WEST UNION STREET, SHICKSHINNY, DIED MONDAY AT THE GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER, DANVILLE, AFTER BEING IN ILL HEALTH FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS. Mattie H. Brobst, 81, of West Union Street, Shickshinny, died Monday at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, after being in ill health for the past four months. Born July 6, 1913 in Pond Hill Pa. , she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Alice Rinehimer Hess. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Shickshinny, its Board of Deacons, and its United Presbyterian Womens Group. She was a past worthy matron of the Shick-Shawnee Chapter 190 Order of the Eastern Star, a former member of the Band Parents Association of Northwest High School, and a former den mother for the Cub Scouts of America, Shickshinny. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur B. Sr., on Dec. 4, 1990; brother, Monroe; sister, Evelena cq Daily Gearhart. Surviving are sons, Arthur B. Jr., Shickshinny; Donald, Shavertown; daughter, Nancy, Arlington, Va.; five grandchildren; sister, Ruth Wenner, New Cumberland. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday from the Mayo Funeral Home, 77 N. Main St., Shickshinny, with the Rev. William A. Patterson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Shickshinny, officiating. Interment will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Shickshinny. Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The Order of the Eastern Star will hold services at 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Shickshinny.