Joseph T. Grabenstein

1932 - 2007  (74 years)

• Name	Joseph T. Grabenstein
  Birth	27 Oct 1932	Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jun 2007	Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
  Notes	Joseph T. GRABENSTEIN (son of Alphonsus GRABENSTEIN and Lenoria A. HEMING) was born on 27 Oct 1932 in Bedford, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 7 Jun 2007 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland. CUMBERLAND - Joseph T. Grabenstein, 74, of Cumberland, died Thursday, June 7, 2007, at his home. Born Oct. 27, 1932, in Bedford, Pa., he was the son of the late Alphonsus J. "Pete" and Lenoria A. (Heming) Grabenstein. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Mary (Platter) McKenzie Grabenstein; and one sister, Anna Gilpin. Mr. Grabenstein was a 1952 graduate of Fort Hill High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in Germany as a first cook from 1953 to 1956, and he was a mess steward for the U.S. Army Reserves in Cresaptown from 1956 to 1973. Presently, he was a driver for Ford Garage, Timbrook, Enterprise and Queen City Motors. He was a member of Annunciation of Our Lord Catholic Church, Fort Ashby, W.Va., and a former commander of the V.F.W., Fort Ashby. Surviving are one daughter, Gail L. Kenner and husband Ed, Frostburg; one brother, Ronald V. Grabenstein and wife Betty, Cumberland; a special friend, Rose Marie McAlpine, Lonaconing; six nieces and six nephews. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Christian Wake service will be conducted Friday evening. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the Annunciation of Our Lord Catholic Church Saturday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Leonard A. Smith as celebrant. Interment will be in Fort Ashby Cemetery. Graveside military honors will be accorded by the Combined Veterans Honor Guard. Cumberland Times obituary
  Person ID	I09000	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Alphonus J. (Pete) Grabenstein   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lenoria A. Heming   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F04745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Catherine Platter,   b. 17 Mar 1929, Garrett County, Maryland d. 30 Dec 1995, Fort Ashby, Mineral County, West Virginia (Age 66 years)
  Children	1. Kenneth J. Grabenstein,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. Michael D. Grabenstein,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   3. Gail L. Grabenstein,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
  Family ID	F04744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021