Stockbridge Georgia has lost one of its great citizens

Stockbridge Georgia has lost one of its great citizens in Mr. Hans Broder, Sr.  The following is the obituary of this passing.  I am my wife Linda send our sympathy to the family at this time.

Hans Melchior Broder, Sr, age 94, of Stockbridge, joined his beloved wife, Margrit Maria Ackermann on Monday, October 6, 2014. A celebration of his life with a Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, October 13, 2014, at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Jonesboro at 10:30 am, with Father John A. Koziol serving as celebrant, with a reception and meal to follow in the church hall. Interment will follow at Fairview Memorial Gardens in Stockbridge at approximately at 1:30 pm

In 1919, Hans was born in Sargans, Switzerland, and there met the love of his life Margrit, (married 1946). Hans received an Ingenieur Agronom Degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1946 and was a vocational agricultural professer. He held the rank of Oberluetnant in the Swiss Army Artillery Corps. He and Margrit had three children before moving to Stockbridge, GA to dairy farm in 1951. Once in the US, they had five more children. His life was filled with hard work and love, devotion to his family and his community were unspoken truths. He and his wife together left a legacy with many organizations as founding members of the Swiss-America Society of Atlanta, long-standing members of the Henry County Farm Bureau and founding members of the St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Jonesboro.

He is survived by his sister, Paulina Grueninger of Bernek, Swizerland, brother, Josef L. Broder of Sargans, Switzerland, children: Hans M. and Lyndy Lynberg Broder of Stockbridge, GA, Dr. Josef M. and Diane Brownlee Broder of Bishop, GA, Michael F. and Jacueline Dale Broder of Florence, AL, Charles U. and Susan Krupavickas Broder of Stockbridge, GA, Patrick W. and Sandra Cole Broder of Stockbridge, GA, Peter C. and Margaret Stuckel Broder of St. Louis, MO, and Peter and Angela Broder Nemeth of Dubai, UAE, son-in-law, Kirk and Sheila Scruggs of Huntsville, AL.

He was preceded in death by Margrit Maria Ackermann his wife of 57 years and daughter, Margrit Broder Scruggs.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to: St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church, 591 Flint River Road, Jonesboro, GA or to the Hans and Margrit Broder Educational Enrichment Fund in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia, 706-542-3390. Condolences may be offered at www.HorisAWardFairviewChapel.com. Horis A. Ward Funeral Home - Fairview Chapel, (770) 474-1231.