Page 44 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch November 22, 2013 ✬✡ OC JAMBOREE JIMMY FORTUNE-IN CONCERT SATURDAY, NOV. 30, 2 P.M. • $35 Obituaries Robert Nathan Brenner, Jr. OCEAN CITY – Colonel Robert Nathan Brenner, Jr. US. Army (Ret), age 90, died peacefully at his home on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2013. Born in Spangler, Pa., he was the son of the late Robert N. Brenner, Sr. and Hazel Stoltz Brenner. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian Painter Brenner, and his daughter, Sue Brenner Haslam, in 2012. He is survived by his son, Robert N. Brenner, III; daughterin-law, Kimberley ROBERT N. Brenner; grandBRENNER daughter, Summer Brenner; and former wife, Patricia Ziegler Brenner, all of Ocean City. Brenner had served in the United States Army during WWII and Korea. During WWII, he participated in D-Day invasion, thereafter built bridges for Patton's tanks across the Seine and Rhine Rivers as well as surviving the Battle of the Bulge. His military career found him teaching at the School of the Americas at Ft Gulick, the Canal Zone, Panama. He was also assigned to the US Military Mission to Columbia. He worked for the Glenn L. Martin Company, now Martin Marietta in Baltimore. From there, he accepted a position with Atlas Van Lines out of Evanston, Ind., which he retired from as their Eastern Regional Manager. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, due to a football scholarship and recognition as an All State End in 1941. He was a member of American Legion Post #1 in Williamsport, Pa., VFW Post #8296 in Ocean City, Coalition of Veteran Advocates in Pittsburgh, Pa, a lifetime member of the Reserve Officers Association and many more veteran and civic organizations as well. He also tirelessly gave of his time and resources to many, many other organizations including working with his late son-inlaw, Ron Haslam, a Vietnam veteran and many others to achieve the goal of building the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines. Since he retired from the military, he devoted his time, his abundant energy and money to advocating mandatory funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs. This included frequent trips to Washington, DC and travel throughout Pennsylvania to advocate increased funding and to improve medical treatment for his fellow veterans. Of particular note were the dramatic changes he and others achieved regarding how the VA Health system manages the challenges presented by veterans suffering from PTSD, Alzheimer's and Dementia. He found many ways to assist veterans who were facing life's challenges medically, legally, and socially. He will be best remembered by those who knew, respected and loved him for his intellect, comic whit, warmth, his laughter, his loving and giving spirit and the mischievous twinkle in his eye. His one liners included: Carpe Diem-Seize the Day!; Suit up! Show up and you have already won the day! Do your duty to God, Country, and Family, and Thank George and Martha too! Save our Republic! Pray and Vote! A memorial service will be held on Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Ocean City. Rev. Alex Ayers will officiate. Inurnment will take place in Arlington Cemetery. A donation in his memory may be made to the Salvation Army, 407 Oak St. Salisbury, Md. 21804, or Disabled American Veterans (DAV), 3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076, (877) I AM A VET. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home. Letters of condolence may be sent via www.burbagefuneralhome.com Coming To The OC Jamboree In West Ocean City ✣✬✤✭5✚✭¤q❄✿s ✬✡ Former lead tenor singer of The Statler Brothers for over 22 years comes back to the stage of The OC Jamboree this Christmas by overwhelming demand. SPEND AN INTIMATE, ACOUSTIC AFTERNOON WITH THIS SUPERSTAR OF COUNTRY MUSIC! THE JOHNNY CASH CHRISTMAS SHOW SATURDAY, DEC. 7 • 2 P.M. • $30 The premier North American Johnny Cash Tribute Act – “Walking The Line returns to the stage of OC Jamboree this Christmas by popular demand as well. The show is modeled after shows that Johnny did for ABC Television in the late ‘70s. A MUST SEE! OC Route 611 And 12600 Marjan Lane Ocean City, Md. Dollywood’s Master Showman JAMES ROGERS-THE CHRISTMAS SHOW SATURDAY, DEC. 14 • 2 P.M. • $30 Multi-talented singer, songwriter and accomplished musician James Rogers brings his acclaimed one-man show to the stage of The OC Jamboree for a single uplifting holiday performance. James has thrilled audiences in Dollywood for over 25 years. His fans know him as a star of The Smokie Mountains’ “most-attended show” for five years at Music Mansion. SURE TO BE A HEARTWARMING CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE! THE OC JAMBOREE Advance Reservations Are Strongly Urged Reservations Are Available At 410-213-7581 Or Online At www.ocjam.com NOV. 21 THRU DEC. 28: COUNTRY CHRISTMAS MEMORIES MARCH 22: NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE SHOW 410-213-7581 www.ocjam.com dave@ocjam.com JAMBOREE APRIL 10: HEEHAW’S RONI STONEMAN IN CONCERT MAY 16: RONNIE MCDOWELL IN CONCERT Joan Wanda Collins BERLIN – Joan Wanda Collins, age 61, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Salisbury, she was the daughter of the late Grover Cleveland Collins Jr. and Virginia Ringler Collins. She is survived by her sister, Carole Jones and her husband Maurice of Berlin, and brother, Grover Cleveland Collins, III and his wife Debbie of Newark, and several nieces and nephews. 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