Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....Peter BRINER, 1911 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Shawn McGreevy shawnmcgreevy@geatz.com Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ********************************************************* "Evening Times" Cumberland, Maryland, Wed 1 Nov 1911: "Mr. Peter Briner, aged 64 years, died at his home on Ocean Hill Saturday after several months' illness. Mr. Briner has been in very poor health for a long time and death was caused by cancer of the stomach. Mr. Briner came to this country from Germany over thirty years ago and lived for a ling time in Eckhart, later coming to Ocean where he had resided ever since. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. John Haberstack, Mrs. William Pfister and Mr. Joseph Briner, all of Baltimore and Messrs. John, Peter and Stephen Briner, of Ocean. The funeral took place yesterday morning. A high mass of requiem was celebrated in St. Joseph's Catholic church by Rev. F. P. Mackall. Rev. Fr. Mackall also preached a very touching sermon in reference to Mr. Briner's life and good works. The pallbearers were as follows: Messrs. Patrick Blake, Patrick Nolan, Carl Pfister, William Condon, George Boeinger and Joseph Hoover. Interment was made in St. Michael's Catholic cemetery, Frostburg." This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/obits/b/briner-p.txt