OBIT: Melda B. (FOLK) BRANT, 1997, Meyersdale RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BRANT
  
    Melda B. Brant, 87, of Meyersdale RD 4, died April 7, 1997, at her
  home.  Born Nov. 6, 1909, in Elk Lick Township.  A daughter of the
  late William A. and Emma S. (Livengood) Folk.  Also preceded in death
  by a sister, Sally Lesnett, and 4 brothers: Lester, Floyd, Abraham and
  Orie Folk.  Survived by her husband of 59 years, Roy E. Brant Sr., and
  these children: Blanche M. Irwin, Meyersdale; Roy E. Brant Jr.,
  Saegertown; William C. Brant, Kingwood, Texas; John Brant, Grove
  City, Ohio, and Larry J. Brant, Fallston, Md.  Also 12 grandchildren
  and 4 great-grandchildren.  A sister of Margaret Lynn, Springs.  A
  member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Meyersdale, where she was a
  member of the church choir and the Dorcas Sunday School Class.  She
  served as a Republican committee woman from 1952-1989.  She made
  numerous sacrifices during her life so that her sons could acquire a
  college education.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at
  the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale.  Service will be conducted at 11
  a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, with Pastor Randall Marburger
  officiating.  Visitation at the church from 10 a.m. until time of
  service.  Interment, Union Cemetery, Meyersdale.
  
  Somerset Daily American, April 8, 1997
  
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