Mable Marie (Wright) Brobst (1977)
BROBST, WRIGHT, MALCHERT, TEAMS, ANDERSON, VANDERMARK, HUGHES, RIGGS, LEMON, PIESECKI, HILDEBRAND, HARSH
Posted By: Ida Morse (email)
Date: 2/24/2008 at 18:05:52
Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, April 27, 1977, page 5RETRIEVE BODY OF WOMAN
A tractor and trailer were used last Thursday, April 21 to remove the body of an elderly Madison County woman, Mabel Brobst, from the nearly inaccessible home which she and her husband occupied in Section 8 of Scott Township.
The woman apparently died early Thursday and her invalid husband, Everett Brobst, crawled to the residence of Carl Hircock, near the St. Charles pavement, to seek help. The area behind the Hircock home where the Brobsts lived is steep rock bluffs and heavily wooded. The only dirt lane leading to the Brobst home had been turned slick the night before by rain. A four-wheel drive pickup truck driven by Madison County Sheriff Rex Rouse was abandoned at the Hircock home in favor of the tractor.
Sheriff’s deputy Paul Welch and officer Martin Hircock were at the Brobst home and assisted in removal of the body. The tractor was driven by Carl Hircock.
Mrs. Brobst was 74 years old. The couple lived without electricity or plumbing. Their three room dwelling was heated by a small wood stove.
-----------------------------------Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday April 27, 1977, page 19Saturday Rites for Mabel Brobst
Funeral services were conducted Saturday, April 23 at 10 a.m. from Collins Funeral Home for Mabel Marie Brobst, 74, who died Thursday, April 21, 1977 at her home in rural Winterset.
She was the daughter of LeRoy and Daisy Howard Wright, a native of Madison County, born April 16, 1903. Mrs. Brobst was married to Everett Lee Brobst on December 24, 1917, in Buchanan County, Missouri.
Survivors include her husband, Everett; four sons, Alfred of Colona, Illinois, Albert of Horton’s Nursing Home, Winterset, Walter and Arthur D., both of Lorimor, eight daughters, Pauline Malchert, Josephine Teams, Violet Anderson and Mary Jane Vandermark of Des Moines, Bonnie Hughes of St. Petersburg, Florida, Patricia Riggs of Ankeny, Betty Lou Lemon of Creston, Cecilia Piesecki of Connicut, New Jersey; one brother, Everett Wright; two sisters, Ethel Hildebrand of California and Lou Harsh of Newton; 40 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren; and one great great grandson.
Mrs. Brobst was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Everett Jr. and Paul and three sisters.
Burial for Mrs. Brobst was made at Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Rev. Phill Hall Officiating.
-----------------------------------Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, May 4, 1977, page 7Attend Services For Mable Brobst
Among the relatives and friends who were here from a distance April 23rd to attend funeral services for Mable Brobst held at the Collins Funeral Home and burial at the Primitive Baptist Church were Walter and Arthur Brobst and their families of Lorimor, Alfred Brobst and family of Colons (Colona), Illinois, Pauline Malchert and family, Josephine Teams, Violet Anderson and Mary Vandermark and family of Des Moines.
Also Bonnie Hughes and family of St. Petersburg, Florida, Pat Riggs and family of Ankeny, Betty Lemon and family of Creston, Cecelia Piesecki and husband Walter of New Jersey.
All returned to their homes April 25th.
Note: Corrections from a family member - she spelled her name "Mable" and her sister is "Lora Harsh".
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