7/12/1927 - 4/25/2021
Virgil M. Brackman, age 93, of Portland, passed away Sunday morning April
25, 2021 at Miller's Merry Manor in Dunkirk. He was born in Fort Recovery,
Ohio on July 12, 1927 the son of Willibald and Marcella (Omlor) Brackman. He
married Mary Dean Pogue on December 12, 1974 and she passed away on July 27,
2016. Virgil was retired from Teledyne Portland Forge after working there
for forty two years. He attended Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and
Hopewell Life Ministries. He had served with the US Army.
Surviving
are three sons Mark Brackman of Surprise, Arizona, Paul Brackman (wife Desi)
of Portland and Steve Brackman (wife Irmgard) of Surprise, Arizona, three
daughters Ellen Maudlin (husband John) of Lake Mary, Florida, Candace Murphy
(husband Rick) of Bluffton and Sue Brandenburg (husband Larry) of Portland,
Eleven grandchildren and Eighteen great grandchildren.
He was
preceded in death by a son Jeff Blackford, two brothers Harold and Ralph
Brackman and one sister Cecelia Alber
Funeral services will be Friday
April 28, 2021 at 2:00 PM in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Pastor Herb
Hummel presiding. Burial will follow in the Green Park Cemetery. Visitation
will be Friday from 1:00 – 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers memorials can be made
to Jay County Humane Society or Miller's Merry Manor.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home; April 26, 2021
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Green Park Cemetery