GOSHEN - Howard Speicher Brembeck, 100, of northern Indiana, died Dec. 5, 2010, in Goshen General Hospital.
He was born Feb. 9, 1910, in Wabash, to Paul and Hulda Speicher Brembeck. In 1933, he married Myra Kathrine Bates at her parents' residence. She died March 28, 2001.
He graduated from Urbana High School in 1928, and attended the University of Chicago before being called home to help the family during the Great Depression.
In the 1930s, he worked at the Cyclone Manufacturing Co., Urbana. He co-owned and operated the Snack Harbor drive-in restaurant in Peru. In 1944, he moved to Alliance, Ohio, where he worked for United Cooperatives until 1952.
He formed Chore-Time Equipment, Milford, in 1954. That same year he moved his family to Goshen. In 1957, he founded Brock Manufacturing, Milford, and in 1976 combined the two companies forming Chore-Time Brock, CTB Inc.
He and his colleagues at CTB revolutionized poultry and swine feeding with their invention of the centerless flexible auger.
In 1991, CTB and the National Broiler Council honored him for his 60 years of excellence and innovation in the poultry industry. In 1997, he was inducted into the Greater Fort Wayne Business Hall of Fame for his contribution to industry, business and the community. He was honored with the Indiana State Poultry Association's Golden Egg Award in 2004. In 2007, the First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, presented him with the "Living Waters" honor.
He served on the board of directors of Goshen Hospital, the Goshen Hospital Foundation, the Elkhart County Community Foundation and other charitable and service organizations. He was a founding member of the Elcona and Maplecrest Country Clubs.
In 1982, he founded the Fourth Freedom Forum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, private operating foundation.
In May 1993, he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Manchester College. In addition to his honorary degree, he and Myra, a Manchester College attendee, were awarded Manchester College's Citation for Responsible Philanthropy in 1980 in recognition of their substantial contributions.
In 1996, he built the Oakwood Inn on Lake Wawasee as a hotel and Christian retreat center. In 1999, he founded the Oakwood Christian Leadership Academy, a summer training program for teenagers to develop Christian leadership skills rooted in the life and teachings of Jesus.
Brembeck was a resident of Atlantis, Fla. He attended the Royal Poinciana Chapel, West Palm Beach, Fla., and the First Presbyterian Church, Goshen.
Surviving are a daughter, Caryl Brembeck (and spouse Byron) Chocola, Hobe Sound, Fla.; two grandchildren, Kelley Chocola (and spouse John) Logan, Harbor Springs, Mich., and J. Christopher (and spouse Sarah) Chocola, Bristol; three great-grandchildren, Kaitlin Logan, Jupiter, Fla., and Caroline and Colin Chocola, Bristol; and a sister, Ardis Brembeck Witkoske, North Manchester.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, with Pastor Alan Griffin officiating. Burial will be in Fiolett Cemetery, Goshen.
Calling is from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Yoder-Culp Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
