01/15/11 - NNHS Newsletter - Charles Brabrand
Charles Willard Brabrand,
Sr.
(09 Nov 1912 - 13 Jan 2011)
Newport News High School Class of 1928
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01/15/11 - NNHS Newsletter - Charles Brabrand
Charles Willard Brabrand,
Sr. Newport News High School Class of 1928 |
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Dear
Friends and Schoolmates,
We have another sad edition of the NNHS Newsletter this
Saturday.
Charles Brabrand, Class of 1928,
brother of John Brabrand of VA, and of
the late Thomas Vincent Brabrand, Alvin Brabrand, and Elmer Brabrand, passed away
at Riverside Convalescent Center in
Newport News on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at the age of 98.
From Jerry
Blanchard ('62) of VA - 01/15/11 - "Passing Typhoon":
Carol,
We have lost another of our schoolmates. I knew and admired this gentleman - a real wealth of knowledge about early Newport News. He graduated in 1928. His name is Charles Brabrand, Sr. His Obit is in today's DP.
Jerry Blanchard (Class of 62) of Va.
Thank you, Jerry. I had
just finished reading the obituaries and found this when I caught your note.
I remembered that you had sent his photo to us last February. My
condolences on the loss of your friend.
From Jerry Blanchard ('62) of VA -
02/05/10 - "NNHS - An Old Student":|
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Carol,
I have attached a picture of one of our very earliest class members. I have known this gentleman, Charles Brabrand, for 30 years (or more), but did not know he graduated from NNHS until last week. He is 98 years old. His family does not know the exact year, but it has to be between 1928 and 1930. He spent one year on a merchant ship when he was 15, so the family says. His memory is not the best at this time. Some things he talks about, the family can verify. I visit him every chance I get to try to learn more of Newport News in those bygone days. Jerry Blanchard (Class of 62) of Va. |
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WOWZERONI!!! Thanks
so much, Jerry!
From the Daily Press - 01/15/11:
Charles W. Brabrand, Sr.
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NEWPORT
NEWS - Charles Willard Brabrand Sr., 98, passed away at Riverside Convalescent
Center on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Charles was born on Nov. 9, 1912, in Newport
News to the late Thomas Sorensen Brabrand and Meta Jorgensen Brabrand. He graduated from Newport News High School in 1928 and attended the College of William and Mary until his father, a ship chandler, secured him a position on a Danish freighter for a year that sailed from Chile to Quebec. Returning home, he then worked at a myriad of jobs such as delivering milk with a mule drawn wagon, driving a taxi, selling cars, and milking cows on his fathers' dairy farm. He also worked at NN Shipyard as a machinist and Naval Weapons Station as a mechanic during WWII. In 1946 he bought and operated a dairy farm in Ivor, Va., for three years. |
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In 1949, he bought an appliance business on Main St. West Point, Va., which he called Bottled Gas and Appliance Co. He sold it to ESSO in 1955 and bought the John Deere dealership on 14th St. where WP Glass is now located. After selling this business in 1959, he bought and ran successful Laundromat businesses in West Point, Hampton and Newport News. In retirement, he enjoyed renovating, renting, and selling a number of old homes in West Point.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife for 74 years, Anita Ammons
Brabrand; three brothers, Thomas Vincent, Alvin and Elmer Brabrand. |
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January 15, 2011 
May God bless and
comfort you during your loss. He was a kind and gentle spirit. My
mother worked for him at the laundromat. I will keep the family in
prayer.
Our thoughts and prayers
are with you.
~ Ernest & Jo Ann Lowry, Montpelier, Virginia
Charles, Judy and
family,
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. May God comfort you at this time. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. O
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Our deepest sympathies
are extended to the Brabrand family and their friends at this difficult
time.
Y'all take good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have
Buckroe!Love to all, Carol
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- Lyrics by William W. How
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Music (Sine Nomine) by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), 1906
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who from their labors rest,
Who thee by faith
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Thy name, O Jesus,
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Singing to Father,
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