Brothers

John H. "Pappy" "Shakey" Brothers, 59, of Rimersburg died at 7 p.m. Sunday at his home after being ill since June 2004.

Born Jan. 6, 1947, in East Brady, he was the son of the late B. Frank and the late Dorothy K. Jordan Brothers.

He attended the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church near Rimersburg and was a 1965 graduate of East Brady High School.

He worked at the Rexhide Corp. in East Brady until it closed and at the Keystone Coal Co., later renamed Consol Energy, for 22 years until it closed. He also worked at L.A. Miller & Son Contracting in Worthington.

He was a charter member of the East Brady Ambulance Service in 1977, serving 20 years as an EMT and 15 years as president. He also was a member of the U.M.W.A.

He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Brothers; two daughters, Dana and her husband, Robert, Crispen of Petrolia and April Brothers of East Brady; two stepdaughters, Tami and her husband, Charles, Croye and Ronda Gathers, all of Rimersburg; six grandchildren, Amanda, Bethany, Zachery, Kaylie, Kelsey and Keira; three brothers, Donald and his wife, Pat, Brothers of Texas, Robert Brothers of East Brady and Charles and his wife, Pat, Brothers of Rimersburg; and two sisters, Janet and her husband, Reed, Coulton of Texas and Barbara Wilson of Petrolia.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Benjamin; a sister, Ruth Stanford; and a sister-in-law, Lori Brothers.

<B>BROTHERS — </B>Friends of John H. Brothers, who died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Tuesday at the <B>RICHARD D. HILLS FUNERAL HOME, </B>758 Main St., Rimersburg. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Mark Deeter, pastor of Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Rimersburg Cemetery.Memorial donations may be made to the Visiting Nurses Association of Western Pennsylvania, 154 Hindman Road, Butler, PA 16001.