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December 7, 2019
Services
Friends are invited to visit with the family from 3-7 PM on December 19, 2019 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11 AM on December 20, 2019 at Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk, Wayne, N.J.
Dr. Robert James Brabston, died peacefully at home, while surrounded by his loving family on Saturday December 7, 2019. He was 81.
Dr. Brabston was born in New Brunswick and was one of two children to James and Celia Brabston. Raised in Jamesburg, NJ, he attended Jamesburg High School and graduated with the class of 1954.
Following high school, Dr. Brabston attended Seton Hall University where he earned his undergraduate degree. He continued his education at Seton Hall College of Medicine, earning a degree as a Medical Doctor in 1964. He spent the first two years of his internship in Jersey City Medical Center. His final two years of senior residency were spent in Newark at UMDNJ where he specialized in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
In 1965, during the first years of his internship, Bob was introduced to Ms. Louise L’Heritier - a nurse, who was also working at Jersey City Hospital. The two were matched up on a date by their Senior Resident Physician and as fate would have it, they fell in love. They were married less than a year later, on January 22, 1966 at St Philips RC Church in Clifton. Bob and Louise honeymooned in Jamaica at the Montego Beach Hotel.
After completing his medical residency in 1968, Bob felt the call to serve his country and enlisted in the military where he served in the United States Army Medical Corps as a Medical Officer and Internist, ultimately achieving the Rank of Major. During his duty, he was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC where he received the National Defense Service Medal. Dr. Brabston served proudly and honorably in the US Army Medical Corps until 1970, when he was honorably discharged. Upon his return home, Bob and Louise made their home in Wayne, N.J., where they raised their four children and cherished fifty-three years of marriage together.
Immediately following his military service, Dr. Brabston began his medical career at Medical Associates of North Jersey, in Pompton Lakes, where he worked alongside the founding members of the practice - Dr. Alan Semet and Dr. Arthur Gross - until his retirement in 2004. Dr Brabston was devoted to his career as a physician and treated his staff and patients as extended family.
One of Dr. Brabston’s favorite hobbies was golf. He was introduced to the sport while in his teens, when he worked as a caddy and bartender at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township. Louise is quite the golfer as well and in 1973, they joined the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton. Bob played golf about three times a week and had a handicap of seven when he was in his prime. He was often seen on the links with his loving wife Louise or with his cherished golfing buddies; George Dunn, George Eggers, Artie Couch, Bob Glinane - all of whom have since passed. (Currently looking for a fourth are Ed Loftus, Allan Stewart, and Charlie Rogers). Bob and Louise also enjoyed traveling. Some of their most memorable destinations were the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and a River Cruise in Russia. They also enjoyed taking golf vacations together.
Dr. Brabston was a devout Catholic and both he and his wife Louise were parishioners of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne and most recently, of Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, also in Wayne.
But above all else, Dr. Robert James Brabston’s greatest passion was his devotion to his family. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Bob touched and cared for the lives of countless people throughout his life as well as his medical career and he will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew him.
Dr. Brabston is survived by his wife Louise (nee L’Heritier) of Wayne, and his children: Robert John Brabston and his wife Beth of Wenonah, James Henry Brabston and his wife Patty of Fairfax Station, VA, Dr. Timothy Brabston and his wife Theresa of Mahwah and Krista Louise Brabston of Clifton and her partner Lynn Masiello of Verona.
He is also survived by four grandchildren: Robert Maxwell and Margaret Louise of Fairfax Station, VA, and Timothy Lawless and Alex Robert of Mahwah. Additionally, Dr. Brabston is survived by his brother Mark Brabston and his wife Christine of East Brunswick, niece Danielle Brabston Kennedy and her husband Bill, nephew Mark Brabston, Jr., and great-niece Kaylee.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating in Dr. Brabston’s name, to the NJSGA Caddie Scholarship Foundation, 3 Golf Drive, Suite 206, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, https://www.njsga.org/caddie-scholarship, or to the charity of their choice.
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Friends are invited to visit with the family from 3-7 PM on December 19, 2019 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11 AM on December 20, 2019 at Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk, Wayne, N.J.
December 7, 2019
Services
Friends are invited to visit with the family from 3-7 PM on December 19, 2019 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11 AM on December 20, 2019 at Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk, Wayne, N.J.
Dr. Robert James Brabston, died peacefully at home, while surrounded by his loving family on Saturday December 7, 2019. He was 81.
Dr. Brabston was born in New Brunswick and was one of two children to James and Celia Brabston. Raised in Jamesburg, NJ, he attended Jamesburg High School and graduated with the class of 1954.
Following high school, Dr. Brabston attended Seton Hall University where he earned his undergraduate degree. He continued his education at Seton Hall College of Medicine, earning a degree as a Medical Doctor in 1964. He spent the first two years of his internship in Jersey City Medical Center. His final two years of senior residency were spent in Newark at UMDNJ where he specialized in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
In 1965, during the first years of his internship, Bob was introduced to Ms. Louise L’Heritier - a nurse, who was also working at Jersey City Hospital. The two were matched up on a date by their Senior Resident Physician and as fate would have it, they fell in love. They were married less than a year later, on January 22, 1966 at St Philips RC Church in Clifton. Bob and Louise honeymooned in Jamaica at the Montego Beach Hotel.
After completing his medical residency in 1968, Bob felt the call to serve his country and enlisted in the military where he served in the United States Army Medical Corps as a Medical Officer and Internist, ultimately achieving the Rank of Major. During his duty, he was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC where he received the National Defense Service Medal. Dr. Brabston served proudly and honorably in the US Army Medical Corps until 1970, when he was honorably discharged. Upon his return home, Bob and Louise made their home in Wayne, N.J., where they raised their four children and cherished fifty-three years of marriage together.
Immediately following his military service, Dr. Brabston began his medical career at Medical Associates of North Jersey, in Pompton Lakes, where he worked alongside the founding members of the practice - Dr. Alan Semet and Dr. Arthur Gross - until his retirement in 2004. Dr Brabston was devoted to his career as a physician and treated his staff and patients as extended family.
One of Dr. Brabston’s favorite hobbies was golf. He was introduced to the sport while in his teens, when he worked as a caddy and bartender at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township. Louise is quite the golfer as well and in 1973, they joined the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton. Bob played golf about three times a week and had a handicap of seven when he was in his prime. He was often seen on the links with his loving wife Louise or with his cherished golfing buddies; George Dunn, George Eggers, Artie Couch, Bob Glinane - all of whom have since passed. (Currently looking for a fourth are Ed Loftus, Allan Stewart, and Charlie Rogers). Bob and Louise also enjoyed traveling. Some of their most memorable destinations were the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and a River Cruise in Russia. They also enjoyed taking golf vacations together.
Dr. Brabston was a devout Catholic and both he and his wife Louise were parishioners of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne and most recently, of Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, also in Wayne.
But above all else, Dr. Robert James Brabston’s greatest passion was his devotion to his family. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Bob touched and cared for the lives of countless people throughout his life as well as his medical career and he will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew him.
Dr. Brabston is survived by his wife Louise (nee L’Heritier) of Wayne, and his children: Robert John Brabston and his wife Beth of Wenonah, James Henry Brabston and his wife Patty of Fairfax Station, VA, Dr. Timothy Brabston and his wife Theresa of Mahwah and Krista Louise Brabston of Clifton and her partner Lynn Masiello of Verona.
He is also survived by four grandchildren: Robert Maxwell and Margaret Louise of Fairfax Station, VA, and Timothy Lawless and Alex Robert of Mahwah. Additionally, Dr. Brabston is survived by his brother Mark Brabston and his wife Christine of East Brunswick, niece Danielle Brabston Kennedy and her husband Bill, nephew Mark Brabston, Jr., and great-niece Kaylee.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating in Dr. Brabston’s name, to the NJSGA Caddie Scholarship Foundation, 3 Golf Drive, Suite 206, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, https://www.njsga.org/caddie-scholarship, or to the charity of their choice.
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