Shelbyville  News
 April 20, 2002
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Molliellen “Molly” Brokering, 61, of Morristown, died Tuesday, April 16, 2002, Greenfield.
Born Aug. 2, 1940, in Huntington, d/o  Claude and Grace Amos Sr.  Married  William H. Brokering  on Nov. 6, 1965, and he survives.
Other survivors:  son, Charles W. Brokering  of Shelbyville;  brothers, Claude Amos  of California and  Sam Amos  of Shelbyville;  two granddaughters, April Brokering  and  Christy Brokering.
Preceded in death by one son, Stephen Harold Brokering.
Homemaker.
Member of Beacon Baptist Church and W.M.U.
Graveside services, Forest Hill Cemetery, with Pastor David Roberts officiating.
Carmony-Ewing Funeral Homes is handling the arrangements.
Contributions:  Beacon Baptist Church in care of W.M.U., 918 E. McKay Road, Shelbyville, IN 46176.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Vicki Mason


Shelbyville  News
 February 20, 2002
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M. Pauline Brokering, 81, of Shelbyville, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2002.
Born Dec. 14, 1920, in Rush County, d/o  Bernice and Hallie (Ham) Guffin.
Married  Lewis Brokering  on Dec. 23, 1943, and he preceded her in death on July 9, 1995.
Survivors:  son, Ronald Earl Brokering  of Indianapolis; and one sister, Mrs. William (Martha) Belton  of Waldron.
Preceded in death by three brothers, Rolland Guffin,  Eugene Guffin  and  Kenneth Guffin.
Homemaker.
Member of Gwynneville Christian Church, 20 Toilers Homemakers club and Shelbyville Volunteer Firefighter’s Auxiliary.
Carmony-Ewing Broadway Funeral Home, 232 W. Broadway St.
Burial:  Forest Hill Cemetery.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Vicki Mason


Shelbyville  News
 September 16, 2000
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William “Bill” Harold Brokering, 84, Shelbyville, died Friday at Major Hospital.
Born Dec. 27, 1915, s/o  William and Nancy (Stillwell) Brokering.
Married  Mary Sosbe  Aug. 12, 1939.  She survives.
1933 graduate of Shelbyville High School and was employed for 30 years at Allison division of General Motors, Plant 5, in Indianapolis, retiring in 1977.  Served in the Army National Guard.
Survivors:  sons, William H. Brokering, Morristown, and  Larry W. Brokering, Shelbyville; one daughter, Susan A. Southworth, Shelbyville; and one brother, Bradley Brokering, Shelbyville, 7 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by three brothers, three sisters and one grandson.
Carmony-Ewing Funeral Home, 819 S. Harrison St., the Rev. Robert Ziehmer officiating.
Burial:  Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributions:  Alzheimer’s Association, 9135 N. Meridian St. Suite B-4, Indianapolis IN 46260.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Vicki Mason


Shelbyville  News
 Monday, July 10, 1995
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Lewis E. Brokering, 79, Shelbyville, died Sunday at home.
Born November 18, 1915, Shelbyville, to  Charles E.  and  Irene (Knight) Brokering.
Married  Pauline Guffin  December 23, 1943.
Lifelong Shelbyville resident.
Liosi Construction Co; belonged to Carpenters Union Local No. 60.
Presbyterian; volunteered with Shelby Senior Services.
Served in US Army in WWII.
Survivors:  wife;  son, Ronald Brokering, Indianapolis;  2 brothers, Maurice Brokering, New Baden, IL, and  Kenneth M. Brokering, Salem, MO;  sister, Joan Ray, St Petersburg, FL.
One brother preceded in death.
Carmony-Ewing Funeral Homes.
Burial:  Forest Hill Cem, Shelbyville, IN.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Vicki Mason


Shelbyville  News
 Monday, July 1, 1985
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Wallace G. Brokering, 64, died today after a 3-month illness.
1024 School St.
Inspector for the Allison Div of General Motors, retired 1977.
Member of the First Christian Church.  Navy veteran of WWII.
Born Jan 20, 1921 to  William  and  Nancy Stilwell Brokering.  One of 9 children.
Married  Marilyn R. Anders  Aug 25, 1956.
Survivors:  spouse;  two sons,  Jesse R. Brokering  and  George W. Brokering,  both of Shelbyville;  4 brothers, Harry Brokering,  William Brokering,  Norman Bradley Brokering, Shelbyville,  and Francis Brokering, address unknown;  sister, Mrs. Thelma Taylor, Albuquerque, NM;  3 grandchildren.
Carmony Funeral Home with Rev. James Horner officiating.
Burial:  Forest Hill Cemetery.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Vicki Mason


Shelbyville  News
 Saturday, November 28, 1981
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Edison L. Brokering, 63, died Friday at Major Hospital.
Residence:  441 Tom Van Arden Drive.
Vice president and cashier, Farmer National Bank, employed there 37 yrs.
U.S. Army, WWII.
Member of the First Presbyterian Church,  Shelbyville Elks Club, Masonic Lodge F&AM No 28, American Legion.
Life-long resident of Shelbyville.
Born here 25 Jun 1918, s/o  Charles E. and Irene Knight Brokering.
Married  Izetta A. Heck  7 Nov 1941.
Survivors:  wife;  sons,  Max L. Brokering, Fairland,  Greg R. Brokering, U.S. Army Fort Pope, LA;  4 grandsons;  3 brothers, Lewis E. Brokering, Shelbyville,  Kenneth M. Brokering, Salem, MO,  Maurice T. Brokering, New Baden, IL;  sister, Mrs. Joan Ray, St. Petersburg, FL.
Ewing Mortuary with Rev. Gary Huffman officiating.
Burial:  Forest Hill Cemetery.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Vicki Mason


Shelbyville  News
 Friday, November 13, 1970
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Nancy E. Brokering, 81, 815 W. Franklin St., died at the Heritage House Convalescent Center today.
Carmony Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
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Saturday, November 14, 1970
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Mrs. Nancy E. Brokering died Friday.  Poor health for several years.
Born April 9, 1889 in Shelby Co, near Marietta, d/o  Charles  and  Rose Ellen (Plummer) Stilwell.
Married  William Brokering in 1905; he died in 1945.
Daughter, Patricia [Nolley], also preceded her in death.
Lifelong local resident.
Survivors:  sons  Francis,  Harry,  William  and  Wallace Brokering, all of Shelbyville;  son  [Norman] Bradley, U.S. Army in Korea;  daughters  Mrs. Geraldine Walker, Shelbyville,  Mrs. Thelma Taylor, Albuquerque, NM;  14 grandchildren;  20 great-grandchildren.
Carmony Funeral Home here with Rev. Robert Cavaness officiating.
Burial:  Forest Hill Cemetery.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Vicki Mason


Shelbyville  News
 Monday, November 2, 1964
Graveside Rites Here For Mrs. Brokering
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Miriam [Irene] Slanker Brokering, 52, New Milford, NH, died Saturday.
D/o  Mr. and Mrs. Roy Slanker  of Trotwood, OH.
Married  H. Bernard Brokering.
Survivors:  husband;  parents;  children,  Miss Charlene Brokering  of New Milford, OH,  Mrs. Marilyn Fleming  of New York City, NY,  [Harry] Robert Brokering  of New Milford, OH;  sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Allen  of near Indianapolis,  Mrs. Hazel Bowman  of Trotwood.
Burial:  Forest Hill Cem, Shelbyville, IN.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Vicki Mason

Shelbyville  News
 Monday, April 21, 1958
County Native Dies in Florida
Rites Here Friday For Harry Brokering
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Harry G. Brokering, 72, died Saturday, Bradenton, FL.
Shelbyville native. Lived in Bradenton several years.
Former employe of Spiegel Furniture Co.  Retired civil service worker.
Member Bradenton Methodis Church.
Son of  Louis and Laura Griffith Brokering.  Born March 24, 1886.
Married to Gertrude Henry.
Survivors:  spouse:  son, Harry B. Brokering, Milford, NJ; 3 grandchildren, Sharlene, Marilyn and Harry R. Brokering of NJ; brother, Earl, New Baden, IL; several nieces and nephews.
Murphy Mortuary with Rev. S. J. Kleis officiating.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Vicki Mason



SHELBYVILLE  REPUBLICAN
 Wednesday April 18, 1945
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COUNTY NATIVE DEAD AT HOME
Funeral For William Brokering Thursday
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          William Brokering, age 64, formerly a cabinet maker in local furniture factories and more recently a watchman at the Kennedy Car Liner and Bag Company, died at his home at 815 west Franklin street, at 5:35 o'clock Tuesday morning after a three-year illness.
          Mr. Brokering was born in Shelbyville on January 3, 1881, the son of  Louis and Laura Griffith Brokering.  He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.  On May 23, 1908, he was married to  Miss Mamie Stillwell, who survives with eight children.  The are  Misses Geraldine  and  Patricia Brokering  and  Francis  and  Bradley Brokering, at home;  Mrs. Thelma Taylor, of Indianapolis;  Harry  and  William Brokering, Jr., of this city, and  Wallace Brokering, a motor machinist's mate second class serving with the U.S. Navy in the Philippine Islands.  Also surviving are six grandchildren, two brothers, Harry Brokering, of Osborne, Ohio, and  Earl Brokering, of New Baden, Illinois, and a half-brother, Claude Griffith, of this city.
          Funeral services will be held at the Charles M. Ewing mortuary Thursday at 2:00 p.m. with Dr. Charles A. Bowler officiating. Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the late home until 11:00 a.m. Thursday from then until the hour of the last rites at the mortuary.
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Vicki Mason

The  Shelbyville  Democrat
 Tuesday, April 17, 1945
City Native is Dead at Home
Funeral for William Brokering Thursday
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          William Brokering, age 64, formerly a cabinet maker in local furniture factories and more recently a watchman at the Kennedy Car Liner and Bag Company, died at his home at 815 west Franklin St. at 5:35 o'clock this morning after a three-year illness.
          Mr. Brokering was born in Shelbyville on January 3, 1881, the son of  Louis  and  Laura Griffith Brokering.  He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.  On May 23, 1908, he was married to Miss Mamie Stillwell, who survives with eight children.  They are the  Misses Geraldine and Patricia Brokering  and  Francis  and  Bradley Brokering, at home;  Mrs. Thelma Taylor, of Indianapolis;  Harry  and  William Brokering, Jr., of this city, and Wallace Brokering, a motor mechanist's mate second class serving with the U.S. navy in the Philippine Islands.  Also surviving are six grandchildren, two brothers, Harry Brokering of Osborne, O., and Earl Brokering, of New Baden, Ill., and a half-brother, Claude Griffith, of this city.
          Funeral services will be held at the Charles M. Ewing mortuary Thursday at 2:00 p.m. with Dr. Charles A. Bowler officiating.  Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery.  Friends may call at the late home from 7:00 o'clock this evening until 11:00 a.m. Thursday and from then until the hour of the last rites at the mortuary.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming  for Vicki Mason


THE SHELBYVILLE REPUBLICAN
Thursday March 30, 1939
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LONG  ILLNESS  ENDS  IN  DEATH
Mrs. Laura Brokering Dies At Home Of Son, Earl, In Shelbyville
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          Mrs. Laura Brokering, widow of  Louis F. Brokering, died at the home of her son, Earl, 9 Maple street at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday.  Her death followed an illness of fifteen months.
The deceased was born in Shelby county on September 25, 1856, being at the time of her death eighty-two years, six months and four days old.  She was the daughter of  William and Elizabeth (Yerkes) Griffith.  She was married to  Louis Brokering  on September 5, 1877, and to this union were born five children, four of whom survive.  They are  William,  Earl,  Claude [Griffith], all of this city, and  Harry, of Dayton, Ohio.
          Also surviving are twenty-one grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren.  Mrs. Brokering had lived in Shelbyville and Shelby county all her life.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian church and the Woman's Relief Corps.
          Funeral services will be held at the Ewing funeral chapel Friday at 2:00 p.m., with Dr. C. A. Bowler, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating.  Friends may call at the son's home, where death occurred, at any time after Thursday noon until the hour of the funeral.  Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Vicki Mason


THE  SHELBYVILLE  REPUBLICAN
Wednesday April 22, 1914
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LOUIS  BROKERING  DIED  TUESDAY
Cancer Of The Face With Which He Had Suffered Several Months, Was Cause Of His Death
Funeral Will Be Held Friday
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          Louis F. Brokering, a well known Shelbyville resident died Tuesday night at his home No. 718 south Tompkins street.  His death was caused by cancer of the face and resulted after an illness which lasted more than a year.  At the time of his death Mr. Brokering was aged fifty-nine years and nine months.  He was born in Cincinnati in July 1854 and was the son of  William  and  Sophia Brokering.
          He had been a resident of this city for the last thirty-nine years, and during all that time had been employed as a cabinet maker in the Shelbyville factories.  He was an excellent workman.  Mr. Brokering had a large number of friends who will share the grief of the family in his death.
          He was a member of the First Presbyterian church of this city and also was a member of the Knights of Pythias here.
          He is survived by his wife, three sons, William,  Harry  and  Charles Brokering, all of this city; one daughter, Mrs. Pearl Whitehead, of Indianapolis; one brother, Henry Brokering, of Batesville; four sisters, Mrs. Sophia Stanwood,  Mrs. Minnie Waldkutter,  Mrs. Jennie Vert  and  Mrs. Emma St.Clair, all of Indianapolis. Five grandchildren also survive.
          The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the late home, the Rev. Earl R. North officiating.  Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.  Friends may call Thursday from two until four o'clock in the afternoon and from seven until nine at night and on Friday morning from nine o'clock until the hour of the funeral.
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Vicki Mason


THE  SHELBYVILLE  REPUBLICAN
Friday November 28, 1913
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DEATHS  OCCUR  ON  THANKSGIVING  DAY
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          William Franklin Brokering, son of  Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brokering, of  No. 728 Third street, Rayville, died at the home of his parents Thursday evening.  The child's death was caused by pneumonia and paralysis.  The boy was aged three years, nine months and sixteen days.
          Mr. and Mrs. Brokering lost their oldest son several weeks ago from diphtheria.  The younger son was at that time given anti toxin and recovered from the disease only to fall a victim of pneumonia.
          The grief of the child's parents and also the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brokering, is great.  Their double loss is almost too much for them to bear.  To them the sympathy of a majority of the citizens of the city and county is extended.
          The funeral services will be held at the late home Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, the Rev. S. J. Cross, pastor of the West Street M. E. church, officiating.  Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery, in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Vicki Mason


THE  SHELBYVILLE  REPUBLICAN
Monday October 27, 1913
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DEATHS  AND  FUNERALS
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          Frederick Brokering, son of  Mr. and Mrs. George Brokering, residing in Third street, Rayville, died Sunday night at 10:30 o'clock.  His death was caused by diphtheria, from which he had been suffering since last Wednesday.  A brother had first taken the disease, but he is now almost well.  The death from diphtheria is the first in the city recently to result fatally.  Mr. Brokering is the foreman in the machine room at the Spiegel furniture factory.
          The boy is survived by his parents, one brother, William, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brokering, and  Edward Henry.
          Short funeral services will be held on the walk in front to the home Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock.  The services will be conducted by the Rev. S. J. Cross, pastor of the West Street M. E. church.  Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Vicki Mason

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