John A. Brockman, 92, of Springfield, died at 5:20 a.m., Monday, March 25, 2013, at Memorial Medical Center. He was born August 16, 1920, in Casey Creek, KY, to Sam Coy and Minnie Jones Brockman. He married Juanita Handley on October 31, 1959, and she survives. Also surviving are one son, Jeffrey ; three grandchildren: ; one brother, Carey and several nieces and nephews.
His parents; two sisters, Sara Barbee and Emma Fisher; and one brother, Lucien Brockman, preceded him in death.
John was a US Army Air Force Veteran serving during WWII. He served in Coast Artillery, then the Army Air Force Defensive Home Measures with the Coast Artillery. He served as Active Aerial Gunner with the 8th Air Force in Europe.
He was a member of Southern View Chapel and American Legion Post 32. He was a salesman and warehouse manager for Hammond Sheet Metal Company for over thirty-two years. He later worked for the Illinois Secretary State as a security guard.
Burial will follow at Camp Butler National Cemetery with Sangamon County Interveterans Burial Detail conducting military honors.
StaabObituary.com
.Published in The State Journal-Register on March 31, 2013
His parents; two sisters, Sara Barbee and Emma Fisher; and one brother, Lucien Brockman, preceded him in death.
John was a US Army Air Force Veteran serving during WWII. He served in Coast Artillery, then the Army Air Force Defensive Home Measures with the Coast Artillery. He served as Active Aerial Gunner with the 8th Air Force in Europe.
He was a member of Southern View Chapel and American Legion Post 32. He was a salesman and warehouse manager for Hammond Sheet Metal Company for over thirty-two years. He later worked for the Illinois Secretary State as a security guard.
Burial will follow at Camp Butler National Cemetery with Sangamon County Interveterans Burial Detail conducting military honors.
StaabObituary.com
.Published in The State Journal-Register on March 31, 2013
John A. Brockman, 92, of Springfield, died at 5:20 a.m., Monday, March 25, 2013, at Memorial Medical Center. He was born August 16, 1920, in Casey Creek, KY, to Sam Coy and Minnie Jones Brockman. He married Juanita Handley on October 31, 1959, and she survives. Also surviving are one son, Jeffrey ; three grandchildren: ; one brother, Carey and several nieces and nephews.
His parents; two sisters, Sara Barbee and Emma Fisher; and one brother, Lucien Brockman, preceded him in death.
John was a US Army Air Force Veteran serving during WWII. He served in Coast Artillery, then the Army Air Force Defensive Home Measures with the Coast Artillery. He served as Active Aerial Gunner with the 8th Air Force in Europe.
He was a member of Southern View Chapel and American Legion Post 32. He was a salesman and warehouse manager for Hammond Sheet Metal Company for over thirty-two years. He later worked for the Illinois Secretary State as a security guard.
Burial will follow at Camp Butler National Cemetery with Sangamon County Interveterans Burial Detail conducting military honors.
StaabObituary.com
.Published in The State Journal-Register on March 31, 2013
His parents; two sisters, Sara Barbee and Emma Fisher; and one brother, Lucien Brockman, preceded him in death.
John was a US Army Air Force Veteran serving during WWII. He served in Coast Artillery, then the Army Air Force Defensive Home Measures with the Coast Artillery. He served as Active Aerial Gunner with the 8th Air Force in Europe.
He was a member of Southern View Chapel and American Legion Post 32. He was a salesman and warehouse manager for Hammond Sheet Metal Company for over thirty-two years. He later worked for the Illinois Secretary State as a security guard.
Burial will follow at Camp Butler National Cemetery with Sangamon County Interveterans Burial Detail conducting military honors.
StaabObituary.com
.Published in The State Journal-Register on March 31, 2013
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