Mr. Brockway was born at Des Moines County, March 8, 1897, to Harry and Bertha Timmerman Brockway. He married Ella Goble, at Burlington, October 18, 1922.
He was a retired farmer and a US Army veteran of World War I.
Surviving: the wife; two sons, Elwood Brockway, Burlington, and Robert Brockway, Mediapolis; eight daughters, Marjorie Rice, Morning Sun, Viola Basquin, Sperry, Marian Andries, Cantril, Mary Malone, Burlington, Eleanor Breuer, Sperry, Gladys Wiley, Burlington, Pauline Massey, Mediapolis, Delores Christofferson, Burlington; one brother, Willie Brockway, Burlington Route 2; two sisters, Ethel Howe, Kingston, Eva Fitchorn, Burlington Route 2.
Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday, Giles-Elliott Funeral Home; Burlington Memorial Park.
Mr. Brockway was born at Des Moines County, March 8, 1897, to Harry and Bertha Timmerman Brockway. He married Ella Goble, at Burlington, October 18, 1922.
He was a retired farmer and a US Army veteran of World War I.
Surviving: the wife; two sons, Elwood Brockway, Burlington, and Robert Brockway, Mediapolis; eight daughters, Marjorie Rice, Morning Sun, Viola Basquin, Sperry, Marian Andries, Cantril, Mary Malone, Burlington, Eleanor Breuer, Sperry, Gladys Wiley, Burlington, Pauline Massey, Mediapolis, Delores Christofferson, Burlington; one brother, Willie Brockway, Burlington Route 2; two sisters, Ethel Howe, Kingston, Eva Fitchorn, Burlington Route 2.
Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday, Giles-Elliott Funeral Home; Burlington Memorial Park.
Family Members
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Elwood Harrison Brockway
1923–2009
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Marjorie Juanita Brockway Rice
1924–2020
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Robert Melvin Brockway Sr
1926–2005
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Viola Anna Marie Brockway Basquin
1928–1983
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Mary Louise Brockway Malone
1930–2005
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Marian Lucille Brockway Andries
1930 – unknown
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Eleanor Elaine Brockway Breuer
1931–2010
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Gladys Arlene Brockway Wiley
1933–2020
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Agnes Pauline "Pauline" Brockway Massey
1935–2010
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Kenneth William Brockway
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