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Submitted: 12/25/09 • Approved: 12/25/09 • Last Updated: 4/3/18 • R30646-G30644-S3
b. 16 May 1911 d. 7 Oct 1981
Clyde Emerson Brosious Sr was born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, on 16 May 1911, son of Charles Henry and Catharine (Katie Foye) Brosious. At the age of 70, he died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, on 7 Oct 1981. Clyde was buried in Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, on 10 Oct 1981.
On 12 Jun 1932 when Clyde Emerson was 21, he first married Josephine Alvesta LONG, daughter of William Tobias LONG (21 Oct 1887-30 Aug 1956) & Mary McKay DUNAMON (1 Feb 1891-10 May 1938), in Hagerstown, MD.
In 1977 when Clyde Emerson was 65, he second married Elda VOUGHT
Josephine Alvesta Long
B. 18 Aug 1912 d. 1 Dec 1976
Josephine Alvesta Long was born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, on 18 Aug 1912. At the age of 64, she died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, on 1 Dec 1976. Josephine Alvesta was buried in Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA.
They had the following children:
William McKay
June Loretta
Bruce Emerson
Frank Harry
Clyde Emerson
John Oscar
James Edward
Helen Mae
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Obituary: The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa
Charles E. Brosious, Sr
SUNBURY - Clyde E. Brosious, Sr., 70, of 948 Edison Ave., died at 1:29 p.m. Wednesday in the Sunbury Community Hospital. Mr. Brosious was a former employee of the former Hackett’s Hardware Store and Shikellamy School District. He owned and operated a glass shop in Sunbury.
Born in Sunbury, May 16, 1911, he was a son of the late Charles and Katie Foye Brosious. His first wife, the former Josephine Long, died in 1976. He later married the former Elda Vought in 1977, who survives. He was a member of the Bible Baptist Church, Kreamer.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by the following children, William of Selinsgrove RD 5, Mrs. June L Moyer, and Bruce E., both of Northumberland RD1, Frank H. of Drumms, Clyde Jr., John O. and James E., all of Sunbury; 27 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; three stepchildren, Mrs. Jean Ests of Florida, and Dale and Larry Hunsinger, both of Toms River, N.J; a sister, Mrs. Helen Oyster of Sunbury RD 4; and the following half brothers and sisters, Mrs. Hannah Metzger and Albert Garinger, both of Sunbury, Mrs. Dorothy Myers of Shady Grove, and Miss Ann Brosious of Spring City. A daughter, Helen died in 1954.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, Sunbury, by the Rev. Warren B. Oyster, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Sunbury. Burial will be in Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury. Friends may call in the funeral home Friday evening.
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Tombstone Inscription photographed at the Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, PA on August 2, 1999
Contributed on 12/25/09 by stonyacres3
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