OBIT: Keith Harley "Shorty" BRANT, 2008, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BRANT, Keith Harley "Shorty"  08/09/08  Daily American
  
    Keith Harley "Shorty" Brant, 87, Somerset, died  Aug. 7, 2008, at his residence. Born
  Jan. 7, 1921,  in Somerset Township, son of Cyrus Knepper and  Nora B. (Sevits) Brant.
  Preceded in death by  parents; wife, the former Dorothy Ellen Menser,  who died April 25,
  1993; granddaughter, Sara Elizabeth Bowser; son-in-law, Thomas Dorcon Sr.; brothers,
  Forrest "Red," Leo and  Claude "Tub" Brant; sisters, June Brant, Marie Salyers, Winifred
  Baer and Hester Mack.  Also and Survived by daughters, Linda Dorcon,  Berlin; Mrs. Karl
  S. (Vicki) Bowser, Friedens; grandchildren, Thomas Dorcon Jr. and wife,  Becky, Berlin;
  Lindsay Dorcon, Berlin; Nicholas Dorcon, Alexandria, Va.; Michael  Bowser and wife,
  Melissa, Friedens; and Jason  Bowser and wife, Jill, Frederick, Md.; great-
  grandchildren, Alexandra and Grace Dorcon;  Mallory, Matthew and Andrew Bowser; and 
  sister, Frances "Peg" Revello, Somerset. A  1940 graduate of Somerset High School. U.S. 
  Army veteran of World War II, where he served as a tank gunner in the 899th Division. 
  Worked as a groundskeeper for the former Somerset State Hospital, retiring in 1981 with 
  30 years of service. Also a member of Grace  United Methodist Church, the Last Man's 
  Club in Berlin and a life member of VFW Post  554. Friends will be received from 2 to 4
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Hauger-Zeigler  Funeral Home, Somerset, where a service
  will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday. The  Rev. Eric Raygor officiating. Interment
  Somerset County Memorial Park.  Contributions may be made in his memory  to Grace United
  Methodist Church, 320 Felgar Road, Somerset, PA 15501.  Military graveside rites accorded
  by the  Somerset County Honor Guard. www.haugerzeigler.com