Frank Elliott Brodie

1943 - 2022  (78 years)

• Name	Frank Elliott Brodie
  Birth	1 Nov 1943	Cooperstown, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Info	Louella Mabie Brodie, #159; Mary Lou Brodie Bach, #179; and Donna Lou Brodie Hatch, #180.
  Witness-Obituary	14 Jul 2012	Oneonta, New York   [2]
  	Debra Rae (Hoke) Brodie was called home to Heaven to walk the golden streets of glory with her Savior and Lord after a long illness. She was 61 years of age, living in South Valley most of her life. She left this Earth on July 12, 2012, at home with her family by her side. She was born in Cooperstown, on Jan. 25, 1951, to Donald S. and Mary E. (Barnes) Hoke. She was married to her childhood sweetheart Charles R. Brodie on June 6, 1970, at the First Christian Church in South Valley. She was a homemaker and loved children. She raised six children, did foster care, was well-known for babysitting, and had many children through the Fresh Air Fund out of New York City. She was the Roseboom town clerk for several years and worked for J.J. Newberry Co. two different times. She graduated from Cherry Valley Central School with honors in the Class of 1969. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Schenevus and played the piano. She was very musical and played clarinet in the Cooperstown Community band for many years. Her musical ability was inherited by each of her children, each having their own instrument and excellent playing ability. She was a home-school mom, home-schooling her four youngest children. She loved and cherished her grandchildren. Survivors include her husband of 42 years, Charles Brodie of South Valley; five children, Jeremy (Malinda) Brodie of Mount Vision, Adam (Susan) Brodie of South Valley, Rachel (Jonathan) Harvey of Brooklyn, Md., Jaime ( Daniel) Cooper of South Valley and Anthony Brodie of Ohio; grandchildren, Jerred and Jaidon Brodie, Karis Brodie, Cayden and Alexis Cooper and Gabriel Harvey; a brother Dennis (Joan) Hoke of Pleasant Brook; three sisters, Phyllis (Douglas) VanDewerker of Westford, Jean Winkler of Oneonta, Victoria (Chip) Myers of South Valley; father-in-law, Elliott Brodie of South Valley; brothers-in-law, Frank Brodie of South Valley and Elliott (Linda) Brodie of Summerfield, Fla.; sisters-in-law: Marylou (David) Bach of Meadville, Pa., Carol Brodie of South Valley, Barbara (Mickey) Kineke of Mohawk and Donna Lou (Steven) Hatch of McGraw; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her daughter, Brandy Ann Brodie; her parents, Donald S. and Mary E. Hoke; and her mother-in-law Luella E. Brodie. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley, with the Rev. Norman Culver of the First Baptist Church Schenevus and the Rev. Keith VanDewerker officiating. Burial will follow in South Valley Cemetery.
  Death	26 May 2022	South Valley, Otsego County, New York   [3]
  Obituary	Jul 2022  [3]
  	Frank Elliot Brodie, 78, of South Valley, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday afternoon, May 26, 2022 while battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for the fifth time. Born in Cooperstown, on November 1, 1943, Frank was the eldest of seven children born to Elliot and Luella (Mabie) Brodie, who lived in Cherry Valley at the time and later moved to South Valley. Growing up, Frank regularly attended worship services and youth group at the South Valley First Christian Church and he was active in 4-H. He attended Cherry Valley Central School where he was member of the FFA, graduating in June 1963. Frank grew up working on his family's dairy farm in South Valley where he started making maple syrup at age twelve when he helped with the boiling in a little saphouse in the edge of the woods down behind the farmhouse. He started his own maple syrup business in 1960, expanding into not only making and selling maple products, but he also became a dealer in selling equipment and supplies. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, he was the first one to do custom work for other maple producers by installing tubing systems. In the early years, he did 5,000 taps with buckets which was converted to all maple tubing with 6,000 taps in 1975. By 1990, Frank was tapping 25,000, all with maple tubing. Frank also eventually started his own custom tubing washing business. Frank helped found and organize the Otsego County Maple Producers Association and was instrumental in starting the Otsego County Maple Festival. He served on the board of the New York State Maple Producers and also served three years as the coordinator for the New York State Maple Queens after they were chosen for the position. He was a member of the Catskill Maple Association. He was also a director to the New York St Maple Producer's Association for the Catskill Association. Frank became a member of the Schoharie County Maple Festival board of directors shortly after it was founded back in the mid-1960's. When Frank was first diagnosed with cancer in November of 2003, the board of directors honored him by dedicating the April 2004 Maple Festival booklet to him. Even though Frank was fighting cancer and bedridden most of the time, he made it to this year's Maple Festival at the Cobleskill Fairgrounds in April. That day, he was surprised and honored with Lifetime Achievement Citations from Senator Peter Oberacker and Assemblyman Chris Tague. He was a county representative on the New York State Farm Bureau Promotion and Education committee and served on the American Farm Bureau as Forestry representative from the New York Farm Bureau. Survivors include his six siblings, Elliott Jr. "Sonny"and Linda Brodie of Summerfield, Florida, Mary Lou and Dave Bach of Meadville, Pennsylvania, Charley and Joanne Brodie of South Valley, Carol Brodie of South Valley, Barb and Mick Kineke of Mohawk, and Donna and Steve Hatch of McGraw. He is also survived by 11 nephews, 4 nieces, 15 great-nephews, 9 great-nieces, one great-great nephew and a great-great nephew or niece on the way, as well as numerous cousins. Frank was predeceased by both of his parents, his niece Brandy Brodie, and all of his aunts and uncles on both sides of the family. Services were held at the South Valley First Christian Church on Saturday, June 4, followed by internment at the South Valley-Pleasant Brook Cemetery.
  Reference Number	13665
  Person ID	I13597	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Living
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Luella Edith Mabie,   b. 10 Mar 1920, South Valley, Otsego County, New York d. 28 Apr 2012, South Valley, Otsego County, New York (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S123] John Albert Maybee, Descendants of William and Sophia Scripture Mabie; Compile Date: 13 Nov 2000; Compiler Address: janmebie@juno.com. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, United States Obituary Collection, The Daily Star, Oneonta, New York, 14 Jul 2012. [S128] Information printed in the Maybee Society Communicator, # 129, July 2022.