EDWARD GARDNER BROTHERS PASSED ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014 AT THE HEBERT NURSING HOME. HE WAS THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE LATE MARIA (MATTSON) BROTHERS AND THE SON OF THE LATE EDWARD J. AND ELIZABETH (LATHAM) BROTHERS.
BORN IN CRANSTON, MR. BROTHERS WAS AN ARMY VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II HAVING SERVED IN NORMANDY, FRANCE DURING 1943-1944. UPON RETURNING HE BECAME A DETECTIVE IN THE CRANSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN BECAME A TRUCK DRIVER FOR 25 YEARS WITH BRANCH TRUCKING COMPANY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 251 UNION.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING CHILDREN, DAVID E. BROTHERS AND TWO STEP-DAUGHTERS, JEANNETTE V. GUEVARA AND ANN MARIA GUEVARA; HIS SISTER, DOROTHY MAKIN AND HIS NEPHEW, MR. MALCOLM MAKIN. HE WAS THE BROTHER OF THE LATE ROSE FITCH AND CHARLES BROTHERS.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN, NICOLE F. ROMERO SCANLON, EDWARD J. BROTHERS AND DAVID PETER MARRERO AND HIS GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, GABRIELLA M. SCANLON.
VISITING HOURS WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2014 FROM 9:00AM – 10;30 AM AT THE MACERONI FUNERAL HOME, 1381 SMITH STREET, NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI, FOLLOWED BY A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL AT 11:00 AM IN THE ST. THOMAS CHURCH AT 65 FRUIT HILL AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, RI. BURIAL WITH MILITARY HONORS WILL FOLLOW AT ST. ANN CEMETERY, CRANSTON.
ALL DONATIONS IN MEMORY TO BEACON HOSPICE WILL BE APPRECIATED.