Donald Bain Brockway

1913 - 1972  (58 years)

• Name	Donald Bain Brockway
  Birth	9 Nov 1913  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Oct 1972	Redford, Wayne, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	9 Oct 1972	Woodmere Cemetery
  Person ID	I0297	MyTree
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Phillip L Brockway,   b. 1892, Maine d. 20 Aug 1965 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Leah Grace Bain,   b. 1893, Deerfield, Mich d. 14 Jan 1963 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1912	Essex, Essex, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F0113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Muriel Louise Karshner,   b. 17 Jun 1917   d. 2 Jul 1968 (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1935
  Children	1. James Phillip Brockway   2. Harry Sanger Brockway   3. Micheal Craig Brockway   4. Donna Jean Brockway   5. Sue Ann Brockway   6. Gary Lee Brockway
  Family ID	F0175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth Bozarth
  Marriage	20 Dec 1969
  Family ID	F0234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Donald Bain Brockway, born November 9, 1913 in Detroit, the son of Philip and leah, nee Bain, Brockway, died Friday morning after an illness of several weeks. He was graduated from Western Hign School and held a degree in metallurgy and die casting from Henry Ford Community College. He was employed 33 years by Ford Motor Company where he was a chemical engineer. Mr. Brockway was confirmed May 31, 1959 in Holy Cross Lutheran Church. For many years he took his vacation so he could be in charge of the woodworking department of Vacation Bible School. He served as an usher, was a member of the finance board, was president of the Parent-Teacher League and organized the PTL fun night, which he directed several years. He worked several years with the Little League baseball team and bowled with the Holy Cross men's league. He was the first Sunday School bus driver, drove regularly when the church had but one bus. Because of his church and community activities, he was given the outstanding citizen of the community award, co-sponsored by Junior Achievement and Ford Motor Company. Mr. Brockway was united in Marriage June 29, 1935 with Betty Karshner, who preceded him in death July 2, 1968. He survived by his wife Ruth, nee Bozarth, with whom he was united in marriage December 20,1969; his children, Mrs. Fred (Donna Jean) Lewis of Byron; James P. of Livonia; Mrs. Charles (Sue Ann) Melfi of Northville; Gary,Harry of Fort Knox, Kentucky; and Michael. Also surviving are ten grandchildren; a sister, Mrs Leroy (Barbara) Butters and a brother, Phillip Brockway, both of Fenton. Interment will be in Woodmere Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S0105] Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1998;;), Database online. Record for Donald B Brockway [S0097] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1926, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;;), Database online. Record for Louis Philip Brockway [S0097] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1926, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;;), Database online. Record for Leah Grace Bain