OBIT: Claude Leroy "Tub" BRANT, 2008, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BRANT, Claude Leroy "Tub"  06/27/08  Daily American
  
    Claude Leroy "Tub" Brant, 85, Somerset, died June 25, 2008, at Memorial Medical Center,
  Johnstown. Born  Aug.16, 1922, in Somerset Township, son of Cyrus Knepper and Nora B.
  (Sevits) Brant. Preceded in death by parents; wife, the former Marian Louise Meyers, who
  died Nov. 3, 1983; brothers, Forrest "Red" and Leo Brant; sisters, June Brant, Marie
  Salyers, Winifred Baer and Hester Mack. Survived by daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Kathy Louise)
  Pyle, Mrs. William F. (Lesley Wynn) Smith, all of Somerset; grandchildren, Pamela Dawn
  King, Johnstown; Patrick Shawn Baker and Eric James Baker, both of Somerset; Kristina
  Burkholder, Boswell; and Jolene Shaffer, Friedens; great-grandchildren, Justin, Megan,
  Alec, Jack, Petr, Katrina, Jeremy, Lee, Cooper, Heidi, Josie, Elizabeth and Paige; and
  great-great-grandson, Owyn; brother and sister, Keith "Shorty" Brant and Frances "Peg"
  Revello, both of Somerset. A 1940 graduate of Somerset High School, U.S. Army Air corps
  veteran of World War II where he carried the rank of major. Worked as a power plant
  operator for the former Somerset State Hospital retiring in 1982. Also a life  Member of
  VFW Post 554 in Somerset and a member  of Rockwood Legion Post 279, Berlin Legion and
  Berlin VFW Post 7295 and the Last Mans Club. He also enjoyed flying, gardening, golfing
  and loved to ride around the  hills of Whitehorse Mountain with his brother, Shorty.  No
  viewing or visitation. A graveside service will be  conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
  Berlin IOOF  Cemetery, Berlin. The speaker Lowell Beal officiating. Contributions may be
  made to Alzheimers Association,  1011 Old Salem Road, Greensburg, PA 15601. Arrangements
  by the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset. www.haugerzeigler.com.