Brooder, Arthur 'Raymond' sr

1908 - 1998  (90 years)

• Name	Brooder, Arthur 'Raymond'
  	20220705GHLn- Dolores Brooder Holcomb Photo added by Chris Hobson Dolores Brooder Holcomb BIRTH 6 Aug 1930 Farmers Valley, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 25 Sep 2021 (aged 91) Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Saint Elizabeth Cemetery Smethport, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 57475747 · PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 1 Dolores Brooder Holcomb, 91, died Saturday, September 25, 2021, at the Bradford Ecumenical Home. Dolores was born August 6, 1930, at the family home near Farmers Valley, a daughter of the late Arthur Raymond and Thelma Tefft Brooder. On October 5, 1951, in St. Elizabeth Church in Smethport, she married Boyd Holcomb, who preceded her in death on October 10, 1999. She was the valedictorian of the Bradford High School Class of 1948, where she participated in regional and state band and orchestra playing the French horn. In 1950, she graduated from Bryant & Stratton College in Buffalo with an associate degree in business. She was employed in the office of the Bradford Motor Works and then at Holcomb Brothers Masonry Contractors in Rixford, and Quaker State Refining Company and its successor Petrowax in Farmers Valley, before retiring in 1992. Dolores was a loving, dedicated, and tireless wife, mother, grandmother, and a wonderful cook and baker. She was also a devoted caretaker to several relatives in their later years. In 1998, Dolores and Boyd restored the Brooder family home near Farmers Valley which had been vacant for more than thirty years, a project in which they took great pride. Dolores was a dog lover and an avid reader, and she enjoyed solving crossword and Sudoku puzzles. She was a lifelong member of St. Elizabeth Church in Smethport. Dolores is survived by sons, Gary (Julie); Jeffrey (Cheryl Lanich) and John (Monica); and daughter Anne (Bernie Picklo); eight grandchildren and two step-grandsons. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and a brother, Arthur Brooder, Jr. Family Members Parents Arthur Raymond Brooder 1908-1998 Thelma Doris Tefft Brooder 1911-1992 Spouse Boyd W Holcomb 1929-1999 (m. 1951) Siblings Arthur Raymond Brooder 1933-2010 Flowers Left by MSue on 27 Sep 2021 Leave a Flower
  Suffix	sr
  Birth	1908
  Gender	Male
  Death	1998
  Person ID	I89851	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Family	Tefft, Thelma Doris,   b. 1911   d. 1992 (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Brooder, Dolores,   b. 6 Aug 1930, Farmers Valley, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Sep 2021, Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Brooder, Arthur Raymond jr pfc,   b. 9 Apr 1933, Smethport, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Jun 2010, Smethport, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F54044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  20220705GHLn- Dolores Brooder Holcomb Photo added by Chris Hobson Dolores Brooder Holcomb BIRTH 6 Aug 1930 Farmers Valley, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 25 Sep 2021 (aged 91) Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Saint Elizabeth Cemetery Smethport, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 57475747 · PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 1 Dolores Brooder Holcomb, 91, died Saturday, September 25, 2021, at the Bradford Ecumenical Home. Dolores was born August 6, 1930, at the family home near Farmers Valley, a daughter of the late Arthur Raymond and Thelma Tefft Brooder. On October 5, 1951, in St. Elizabeth Church in Smethport, she married Boyd Holcomb, who preceded her in death on October 10, 1999. She was the valedictorian of the Bradford High School Class of 1948, where she participated in regional and state band and orchestra playing the French horn. In 1950, she graduated from Bryant & Stratton College in Buffalo with an associate degree in business. She was employed in the office of the Bradford Motor Works and then at Holcomb Brothers Masonry Contractors in Rixford, and Quaker State Refining Company and its successor Petrowax in Farmers Valley, before retiring in 1992. Dolores was a loving, dedicated, and tireless wife, mother, grandmother, and a wonderful cook and baker. She was also a devoted caretaker to several relatives in their later years. In 1998, Dolores and Boyd restored the Brooder family home near Farmers Valley which had been vacant for more than thirty years, a project in which they took great pride. Dolores was a dog lover and an avid reader, and she enjoyed solving crossword and Sudoku puzzles. She was a lifelong member of St. Elizabeth Church in Smethport. Dolores is survived by sons, Gary (Julie); Jeffrey (Cheryl Lanich) and John (Monica); and daughter Anne (Bernie Picklo); eight grandchildren and two step-grandsons. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and a brother, Arthur Brooder, Jr. Family Members Parents Arthur Raymond Brooder 1908-1998 Thelma Doris Tefft Brooder 1911-1992 Spouse Boyd W Holcomb 1929-1999 (m. 1951) Siblings Arthur Raymond Brooder 1933-2010 Flowers Left by MSue on 27 Sep 2021 Leave a Flower

  
  

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TNG ID: I89851