Luther George Henry Brubaker

March 21, 1921 ~ July 30, 2012

Monterey, CA ~ Named for some of his uncles, Luther G. H. Brubaker, a

retired colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, was born March 21,

1921 in Reading, Pennsylvania, and died in Monterey, California, on July 30,

2012 after a brief illness.

Anticipating the Second World War, Luther married his high school

sweetheart, Mary Elizabeth Moore (an artist who died at the end of 2000),

entered the Chemical Corps as a private, then rose through the officer ranks

while serving in the European and Pacific Theatres. After war's end, he and

his family (now including three children) were sent to Tokyo, Japan, as part

of the Army of Occupation, and, subsequently, he was one of the first MSC

Officers available to respond to the Korean Incident in 1950. He was

wounded in the conflict and received a Bronze Star for Valor in the

evacuation of patients when the Communist Chinese entered the war.

Luther's family went to Maryland and, following the war, he joined them

there while stationed at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He then served in

hospitals in Wurzburg, Germany, North and South Carolina. Luther received

advanced schooling in San Antonio, Texas, and was then stationed at Fort

Ord, California. He next went to Anchorage, Alaska, to command an ambulance

company and train participants in medical administration during

international winter war games. While stationed in Alaska, he finished his

baccalaureate at Alaska Methodist University.

From Alaska, Luther went to Tacoma, Washington as a registrar, then he

returned to Walter Reed Army Hospital to participate in its renovation, as

well as to represent U.S. military medical services at a NATO conference

held in London, England, which helped coordinate international organizations

of computer-based military medical information.

With children grown and gone, Luther and Molly returned to the West Coast

from the Surgeon General's Office, retiring at Fort Ord after 37 years of

active duty, and moving into the Monterey hills. They became active in the

local art museums and little theatres, while also gardening and bowling.

Bowling was a life-long passion of Luther's, beginning in childhood as a pin

boy and continuing within a few months of his death.

There will be no local service. Luther and Molly will be inurned at

Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Memorial

contributions may be sent to the Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific St.,

Monterey, CA, 93940.