OBIT: Pauline (BAUGHMAN) SHANKEL WERT BRANT, 2003, formerly of Somerset County, PA
    
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  PAULINE SHANKEL-WERT-BRANT
  
  Pauline (Baughman) Shankel-Wert-Brant, 91, of Canton, Ohio, formerly
  of Jennerstown, died May 21, 2003, in Canton.  Born Feb. 2, 1912, in
  Cambria County, daughter of George and Blanche (Brallier) Baughman. 
  Preceded in death by parents, first husband Blaine C. Shankel in
  1952, second husband William Wert in 1986, sister Ruth Griffith and
  brothers Glenn and Ray.  Survived by husband Donald Brant Sr.; son
  Dean Shankel, married to Marjorie Beener, Uniontown, Ohio; grandsons
  Ronald and Randy Shankel; five great-grandchildren; two
  great-great-grandchildren; and stepchildren Don Brant Jr., James
  Brant, Kathleen Straw and Christopher Brant.  Also survived by
  numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.  Former
  active member of the Mt. Laurel United Church of Christ near Gray,
  where she had been a long-time member of the choir.  Retired employee
  of the former Somerset State Hospital. Friends received from 6 to 9
  p.m. Friday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Allegheny Street, Boswell. 
  Viewing also from 10 a.m. until time of service 11 a.m. Saturday at
  Mt. Laurel Church, the Rev. Dr. Joseph M. Beer officiating. 
  Interment, United Church of Christ Cemetery, Jennerstown.
  
  Somerset Daily American, May 23, 2003
  
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