OBIT: Israel BRANT, 1941, Garrett R.D., Somerset County, PA

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ISRAEL BRANT

Aged man Killed When Hit By Car
Israel Brant of Garrett R.D. Suffered Fatal Accident Near Beechdale

  Israel Brant, 87, of Garrett R.D. 1 was killed Sunday night when he was struck 
by an automobile while attempting to cross Route 219 at Beechdale, near Berlin.  
Brant, a retired farmer, suffered a fracture of the skull.
  Coroner Sass of Somerset County, who conducted an investigation into the death 
of Brant, said the aged man had been in the Horning general store along the 
highway and had started to cross the road to his daughter's home.  The 
automobile of E. E. Moore of East Main Street, Somerset, traveling north on 
Route 219, appeared on the scene.  Moore said he swerved to the left in an 
effort to avoid striking the aged man.  Brant was hit by the rear right door of 
the car and knocked to the highway.  Moore was released on his own recognizance 
pending further investigation.
  Israel Brant was a son of Frederick and Phoebe (Schrock) Brant and had been 
residing with his daughter, Mrs. James Lynch of Beechdale.  Surviving are these 
children: Mrs. Lynch, Jasper Brant, Dunkirk, N.Y.; Ezra Brant, Berlin R.D.; 
Roland Brant, Somerset R.D.; Fred Brant, Berlin R.D.; Mrs. Bella Hoffmaster, 
Berlin, R.D.; Mrs. Charles Fornwald, Cleveland, O.; and Mrs. Frank Beachley, 
Cumberland, Md.  He was a brother of Mrs. Lucinda Cober, Berlin; Mrs. Eliza 
Baker, Berlin, and Mrs. Sue Faust, Cleveland, O.
  Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the 
Beechdale Church of the Brethren.  Rev. A. Jay Replogle officiated and was 
assisted by Rev. N. V. Leatherman, pastor of the Berlin Brethren Church.  
Interment was in the Beechdale Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral 
Home of Berlin.

Meyersdale Republican, December 11, 1941