Gail Franklin Brawley, 103, of Stewart, Ohio, passed away on January 13, 2021, at Kimes Nursing Home in Athens, Ohio. Born on September 29, 1917, the son of Charles F. and Maude Wolfe Brawley.
He was a 1936 graduate of Rome Canaan High School. He proudly served his country in World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater, New Guinea and Sou Philippine liberation, with the Company C 239 Engineers Battalion.
After returning to his birthplace in Stewart, Ohio, he married Ruth Mae Stengel in 1947 and began a long career of doing what he loved most, farming. While working as a dairy and beef farmer, he also became an employee of Athens City Schools. He was a member of Amesville Grange, belonged to the New England-Amesville Cooperative Parish and served as a Bern Township trustee.
He is survived by his two daughters, Barbara Gennert of Dover, Ohio, and Janice Brawley of Athens, his son, Michael (Debbie) Brawley of Athens; grandchildren Tiiu Gennert and Zara (Glenn Burke) Gennert, both of Cleveland and Bayard (Melissa) Gennert of Shorewood, Minnesota; seven great grandchildren, brother-in-law Charles Stengel, niece Carolyn (Curtis) High of Beaver Creek, Ohio and former son-in-law David Gennert of Dover, Ohio.
Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife of sixty years, Ruth Mae Stengel Brawley, who died on August 14, 2008, and his sister Kathryn Nadine Marquis.
A graveside service will be held at Sand Rock Cemetery in Amesville Ohio at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Stone-Matheney Funeral Home in Chesterhill. The family would like to give thanks to all the special people at The Lindley Inn and Kimes Nursing Home and Hospice who helped make Gail’s last years and moments comfortable and peaceful.
Matheney Funeral Home
Jan. 2021
He was a 1936 graduate of Rome Canaan High School. He proudly served his country in World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater, New Guinea and Sou Philippine liberation, with the Company C 239 Engineers Battalion.
After returning to his birthplace in Stewart, Ohio, he married Ruth Mae Stengel in 1947 and began a long career of doing what he loved most, farming. While working as a dairy and beef farmer, he also became an employee of Athens City Schools. He was a member of Amesville Grange, belonged to the New England-Amesville Cooperative Parish and served as a Bern Township trustee.
He is survived by his two daughters, Barbara Gennert of Dover, Ohio, and Janice Brawley of Athens, his son, Michael (Debbie) Brawley of Athens; grandchildren Tiiu Gennert and Zara (Glenn Burke) Gennert, both of Cleveland and Bayard (Melissa) Gennert of Shorewood, Minnesota; seven great grandchildren, brother-in-law Charles Stengel, niece Carolyn (Curtis) High of Beaver Creek, Ohio and former son-in-law David Gennert of Dover, Ohio.
Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife of sixty years, Ruth Mae Stengel Brawley, who died on August 14, 2008, and his sister Kathryn Nadine Marquis.
A graveside service will be held at Sand Rock Cemetery in Amesville Ohio at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Stone-Matheney Funeral Home in Chesterhill. The family would like to give thanks to all the special people at The Lindley Inn and Kimes Nursing Home and Hospice who helped make Gail’s last years and moments comfortable and peaceful.
Matheney Funeral Home
Jan. 2021
Gail Franklin Brawley, 103, of Stewart, Ohio, passed away on January 13, 2021, at Kimes Nursing Home in Athens, Ohio. Born on September 29, 1917, the son of Charles F. and Maude Wolfe Brawley.
He was a 1936 graduate of Rome Canaan High School. He proudly served his country in World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater, New Guinea and Sou Philippine liberation, with the Company C 239 Engineers Battalion.
After returning to his birthplace in Stewart, Ohio, he married Ruth Mae Stengel in 1947 and began a long career of doing what he loved most, farming. While working as a dairy and beef farmer, he also became an employee of Athens City Schools. He was a member of Amesville Grange, belonged to the New England-Amesville Cooperative Parish and served as a Bern Township trustee.
He is survived by his two daughters, Barbara Gennert of Dover, Ohio, and Janice Brawley of Athens, his son, Michael (Debbie) Brawley of Athens; grandchildren Tiiu Gennert and Zara (Glenn Burke) Gennert, both of Cleveland and Bayard (Melissa) Gennert of Shorewood, Minnesota; seven great grandchildren, brother-in-law Charles Stengel, niece Carolyn (Curtis) High of Beaver Creek, Ohio and former son-in-law David Gennert of Dover, Ohio.
Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife of sixty years, Ruth Mae Stengel Brawley, who died on August 14, 2008, and his sister Kathryn Nadine Marquis.
A graveside service will be held at Sand Rock Cemetery in Amesville Ohio at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Stone-Matheney Funeral Home in Chesterhill. The family would like to give thanks to all the special people at The Lindley Inn and Kimes Nursing Home and Hospice who helped make Gail’s last years and moments comfortable and peaceful.
Matheney Funeral Home
Jan. 2021
He was a 1936 graduate of Rome Canaan High School. He proudly served his country in World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater, New Guinea and Sou Philippine liberation, with the Company C 239 Engineers Battalion.
After returning to his birthplace in Stewart, Ohio, he married Ruth Mae Stengel in 1947 and began a long career of doing what he loved most, farming. While working as a dairy and beef farmer, he also became an employee of Athens City Schools. He was a member of Amesville Grange, belonged to the New England-Amesville Cooperative Parish and served as a Bern Township trustee.
He is survived by his two daughters, Barbara Gennert of Dover, Ohio, and Janice Brawley of Athens, his son, Michael (Debbie) Brawley of Athens; grandchildren Tiiu Gennert and Zara (Glenn Burke) Gennert, both of Cleveland and Bayard (Melissa) Gennert of Shorewood, Minnesota; seven great grandchildren, brother-in-law Charles Stengel, niece Carolyn (Curtis) High of Beaver Creek, Ohio and former son-in-law David Gennert of Dover, Ohio.
Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife of sixty years, Ruth Mae Stengel Brawley, who died on August 14, 2008, and his sister Kathryn Nadine Marquis.
A graveside service will be held at Sand Rock Cemetery in Amesville Ohio at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Stone-Matheney Funeral Home in Chesterhill. The family would like to give thanks to all the special people at The Lindley Inn and Kimes Nursing Home and Hospice who helped make Gail’s last years and moments comfortable and peaceful.
Matheney Funeral Home
Jan. 2021
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