Tenth Generation9277. Herb was born in the Boston area and spent the early years of his life in Somerville, MA. Many of his relatives were from Rye Beach, NH, and he spent summers of his young life there. He considered himself a Rye Beach native. He worked in Boston as a teen, in the theater district. He gained much notoriety during the 1950s and 1960s when he led the lifestyle of a spy for the FBI and infiltrated the Communist Party of the US, and was the key witness during the prosecution of 9 of the country's top communist leaders. He wrote a bestseller book about his life and there was a TV show about his life in the 50s called "I Led Three Lives", one of the most popular shows on television. He was a decorated reporter for the Hampton Union for many years and retired to spend more time on Constructive Action, a communist Watchdog Group that he ran. He was formerly a syndicated columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, and served a short time as a radio host. He died on 16 August 1993 in North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.498 Herb passed at 5PM in his home in North Hampton after a short bout with cancer. Funeral Services were conducted at Buckminster Chapel in Portsmouth, NH by Paster John Pevett of Screven Memorial Baptist Church of Portsmouth, and Dr. B. Ross Morrisson of Weaton, MD spoke during the services. St. James Lodge of Hampton held a memorial Masonic service in Portsmouth for him. He was buried on 19 August 1993 in Rye Center Cemetery, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire.538 Herbert Arthur PHILBRICK and Eva LUSCOMBE were married on 3 September 1939.2184 They2184 were divorced in 1965.2185 Eva LUSCOMBE was born on 9 July 1917 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.2185 [place uncertain] She died on 30 March 1993 in Nova Scotia, Canada.2185 [place uncertain] Herbert Arthur PHILBRICK and Eva LUSCOMBE had the following children:
Herbert Arthur PHILBRICK and Shirley Joy BRUNDIGE were married in Rye Beach, Rockingham, New Hampshire.498 They were married in the Union Chapel. Shirley Joy BRUNDIGE498 was born on 19 April 1942 in Martin, Weakley, Tennessee.498 She died on 21 June 1997 in Waterford, Loudoun, Virginia.498 She died very unexpectedly in her home in Waterford of cardiac arrest. She was buried at the Philbrick family plot in Rye Central Cemetery next to her husband Herb. She was buried on 28 June 1997 in Central Cemetery, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire.498 Shirley was a legal secretary in Hampton after arriving in New Hampshire, and then after completing a degree in Political Science at the University of NH, she started a successful Real Estate business. After losing her beloved husband Herb (8/16/1993), she moved with her daughter Dawn and her family to northern Virginia to build a new home in 1994. She continued working in Real Estate, Interior Decorating, writing, and running a non-profit educational organization. Herbert Arthur PHILBRICK and Shirley Joy BRUNDIGE had the following children:
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