OBIT: Sarah Jane (FINLEY) BRANT, 1998, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BRANT Sarah Jane Brant, 92 of Meyersdale, died Feb. 27, 1998, in Meyersdale Medical Center. Born Dec. 8, 1905 in Apple Mills, Pa., a daughter of the late Samuel and Esther (Linhart) Finley. Also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence E. Brant, four brothers and six sisters. Survived by five children: Rose, wife of the late Floyd Lindeman and Clark E. married to the former Carol Decker, both of Meyersdale; Clarence Blaine Brant and his late wife, Anna Kunkletown; Floyd Brant, married to the former Elizabeth Joann Johnson, Garrett; and Thelma, wife of Albert R. Brown, Glendale, Calif.; 16 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren; 1 great great granddaughter; two sisters: Rose Weaver, Johnstown; and Martha Brant, Sharon, Pa. Member of St. Paul's Ridge United Church of Christ where she taught Sunday school for many years. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday with Pastor J. Richard Yates officiating. Interment Berlin IOOF Cemetery, Berlin. Daily American, February 28, 1998 [B2556] SARAH JANE BRANT Sarah Jane Brant, 92, of Meyersdale, died Feb. 27, 1998, at Meyersdale Medical Center. Born Dec. 8, 1905, in Apple Mills, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Esther (Linhart) Finley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence E. Brant; four brothers and four sisters. Mrs. Brant is survived by five children: Rose V., wife of the late Floyd Lindeman; and Clark E., married to the former Carol Decker, both of Meyersdale; Clarence Blaine Brant, husband of the late Anna (Ebert), Kunkletown, Pa.; Floyd O. Brant, married to the former Elizabeth Joann Johnson, Garrett; and Thelma, wife of Albert R. Brown, Glendale, Calif. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. Additionally, she is survived by sisters Rose Weaver of Johnstown and Martha Brant of Sharon, Pa. Mrs. Brant was a member of St. Paul's Ridge United Church of Christ, where she taught Sunday School for many years. Friends were received Feb. 28 at Price Funeral Home, New Republic, March 5, 1998 [B2557]