Michael Robert Brabson of Oxford

Michael Robert Brabson passed away in his sleep on Saturday, September ninth, two days before his sixty-fourth birthday. He lived on a farm at Chrome, Oxford, with his wife of twenty-six years, Gayle (Pierce).

He was born in West Grove to the late Robert R. Brabson and the late Norma (Prange) Brabson and grew up in Chrome. He leaves behind his wife Gayle, his son Michael of Ephrata, his stepson Joseph Beavers of Allentown, brother, Thomas and his wife Kathy of Cinnaminson, NJ, sister, Terri and her husband Ken Elliott of College Station, TX, and four nieces and nephews. His brother, Randall died in 1988.

Michael loved farming and his collection of John Deere tractors. He milked cows for a neighbor from the age of fourteen and had earned enough to have a brand new 1969 Plymouth Sports Satellite waiting for him by the time he could get his driver’s license at sixteen. He played guitar in a local band and loved 70’s rock music. Besides farming, he loved Harley-Davidson motorcycles and anything Mopar. He enjoyed cattle, his cats and dogs, especially Penny, burgers and fries.

He drove tractor trailers for a number of years for P Kramme and H R Ewell, and then milk trucks for local companies, picking up milk at night in five coun- ties. At the same time, he farmed with his wife, raising beef cattle, corn and hay, and did custom round baling.

He had a quick wit and sometimes irreverent sense of humor, and many friends far and wide. He worked hard and played hard. He was truly one of a kind, gone way too soon.

A memorial service will be held at Media Mennonite Church in October, the date will be announced later.

Arrangements by the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc., Oxford, PA.

Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.