Alfred “Al” Walter Brody
BRODY: Alfred “Al” Walter Brody; Age 95, of Omaha, Neb., on Sunday, April 12, 2015. Al was born in Bronx, N.Y. He was a specialist in lung disease at Creighton University Medical School in Omaha. While in the Army in Munich, Germany, just after World War II, he headed a team of doctors caring for injured soldiers in the Army hospital in Munich. In the early 1950s, he founded the Pulmonary Department at Creighton University Medical School and St. Joseph’s Hospital. Al is survived by his loving wife Shirley, of Omaha. They recently celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary. Al and Shirley had four children, daughter Betty Ann Brody Bucksbaum (Glenview, Ill.) is married to Steve Bucksbaum and has two children Noah and Teddy, daughter Carolyn Schwarz (Pittsburgh) is married to Frank Schwarz and has two children, Matt and Tim. Grandson Tim is married to Jennifer Knight and has one child Owen. Daughter Francie moved to Pittsburgh after living in Connecticut for 40 years. Son Bob (Weston, Mass.) is married to Pamela and had three children, the late Benjamin, Jennifer and Zachary. Al was the brother of the late Don Brody. The funeral was held in the Menorah Chapel, Staten Island, N.Y. on Wednesday, April 15.
comments