OBIT: Mary Ellen (JOHNSON) BRANT, 1997, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Richard Boyer Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BRANT Mary Ellen Brant, 95, Salisbury, died Sept. 25, 1997, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md. Born May 3, 1902, in Summit Township, daughter of the late Ira and Susan (Frickey) Johnson. Preceded in death by her husband, Solomon G.; daughter, Grace Murray, and grandson, James E. Brant Jr. Survived by these children: Roy S. and his wife, Gladys Knox, Meyersdale; James E. and his wife, Rayette Brown, and John W. and his wife, Mary Puffburg, both of Springs; Mildred, wife of Irvin Mishler, Akron, Ohio; Mary, wife of Paul Mishler, Meyersdale; Betty, wife of the late Richard Deitz, Somerset; Mae, wife of George Baker, Wilmington, Del., and Olive, wife of Lale Moore, Berlin; 20 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Also survived by two brothers and a sister: Clarence Johnson, Johnstown; John Schrock, Meyersdale, and Olive Burkholder, Berlin. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the Leckemby Funeral Home, where service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, with Pastor Steven J. Heatwole officiating. Interment, Union Cemetery. Somerset Daily American, September 26, 1997 [B2517]