OBIT: Alfred V. BROCHT, 1931, Garrett, Somerset County, Pa

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ALFRED V. BROCHT

Alfred V. Brocht Crushed to Death
World War Veteran Killed by Falling Rock in Mountain Valley Mine

  Alfred V. Brocht of Garrett met his death by a fall of rock in the Mountain 
Valley Coal Co. mines near Garrett last Saturday morning.
  His father was working by his side at the time of the accident which caused 
almost instant death.
  Alfred V. Brocht was aged 38 years, 8 months and 27 days, and is survived by 
his wife and two children, Beulah, age 10, and Junior, aged 7; also by his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brocht of Garrett, and a brother, William J., of 
Parnassus, Pa.
  He was a World War veteran and member of Charles E. Kelly Post, No. 112, 
American Legion, of Meyersdale.  He served with the A.E.F. in France and saw 
action in three major engagements.
  He was a charter member of an American Legion post organized in Garrett soon 
after the close of the war.  This organization disbanded, after several years, 
and its members united with the post at Meyersdale.
  Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late home of 
the deceased in Garrett, followed by interment in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at 
Berlin, by Undertaker W. C. Price.
  Rev. C. P. Bastian of Berlin conducted the funeral services and the American 
Legion conducted full military services at the grave.  It was one of the largest 
funerals ever held in Garrett.  Sixty automobiles were in the funeral procession 
from Garrett to Berlin.

Meyersdale Republican, November 26, 1931