OBIT: William Perry BRANT, 1946, native of Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM P. BRANT

  William Perry Brant, 67, of Keystone Mines, died Friday, Sept. 13, at the home 
of his daughter, Mrs. Albert Lowry, Meyersdale R.D. 3.
  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday.  Rev. H. K. Hilner, pastor of 
Zion Lutheran Church, Meyersdale, officiated.  Interment in Union Cemetery under 
direction of H. R. Konhaus.
  Mr. Brant died while visiting at the farm of Ralph Martz.  The two men were 
engaged in conversation for a few minutes prior to Mr. Martz going into his 
barn.  When he came out he found Mr. Brant dead.
  William P. Brant was born at Sand Patch on Mar. 19, 1879, a son of the late 
Nelson and Elizabeth (Domer) Brant.  He is survived by his wife, the former Sara 
Glover, and four children - Mrs. Elizabeth Platter, Daisytown; Mrs. Lowry, 
mentioned above, Nelson Brant, at home, and John Brant, Windber.  There are 23 
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
  The deceased was a brother of Mrs. Martha Snyder, Meyersdale; Mrs. Susan 
Stump, Mrs. Pearl Quinn and Mrs. Mary Campbell, all of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Anna 
Lauver, Washington, D.C.
  Mr. Brant was an outstanding athlete during his early manhood, especially 
excelling as a baseball player.

Meyersdale Republican, September 20, 1946