nbsp; Vernon H. Brabender Vernon Brabender age 86 years of Port Washington passed away in the evening hours of Saturday January 8 2011 at Ellenrsquo;s Home after fighting a courageous battle with dementia.nbsp; Vernon was born in Random Lake on November 23 1924 son of Henry and Frances Slavik Brabender.nbsp; Vernon grew up in the Random Lake area and worked on his parentsrsquo; farm.nbsp; On May 8 1946 he married Violet Feldmann at St. Johnrsquo;s Catholic Church in Plymouth.nbsp; Vernon worked as a truck driver for F.F. Sepstead and Sons and the Godfrey Company for over 40 years.nbsp; He retired in 1984 and moved to Port Washington where he drove school bus for the Johnson Bus Company for 13 years.nbsp; He was a member of St. Peterrsquo;s of Alcantara Catholic Church and also a member of many area card clubs and the ldquo;We Love To Dancerdquo; Club.nbsp; He enjoyed fishing playing sheepshead dancing and traveling to casinos especially the ones in Las Vegas.nbsp; He will be remembered as having a great sense of humor.nbsp; He is survived by his loving wife of 64 frac12; years Violet of Port Washington four daughters: Kay (Mike) Becker of Portage Sally (Dick) Hammen of Hingham Betty (Eddie) Klumb of Port Washington and Nancy (Ron) Behlendorf of South Milwaukee.nbsp; He is further survived by 10 grandchildren 11 great-grandchildren two sisters Hilda Mondloch of Belgium and Marcella Feider of New Holstein two sisters-in-law Genrose Brabender of Tucson AZ and Marceline Odekirk of Elkhart Lake two brothers-in-law Julius (Olga) Feldmann of Plymouth and Robert (Joyce) Feldmann of Elkhart Lake nieces nephews other relatives and many friends.nbsp; He is preceded in death by his parents one brother Alex Brabender and 3 brothers-in-law Kenneth Mondloch Bill Feider and Ray Grossheim.nbsp; A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday January 13th at 6:30 PM at St. Peter of Alcantara Catholic Church 1800 N. Wisconsin St. Port Washington with Father Patrick Wendt officiating.nbsp; He will be laid to rest in St. Maryrsquo;s Cemetery in Random Lake.nbsp; Visitation will take place on Thursday January 13th at the CHURCH from 3-6:30 PM.nbsp; The Eernisse Funeral Home Port Washington is assisting the family.nbsp; Online condolences may be left at www.eernissefuneralhome.comnbsp;nbsp; nbsp;br /Service:br /pA Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday January 13 2011 at St. Peter of Alcantara Church at 6:30 PM./pbr /Cemetery:br /pSt. Mary's Cemetery Random Lake WI./p