OBIT: James "Jimmy" BROCHT, 1945, Garrett, Somerset County, PA

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JAMES BROCHT

Coasting Accident Proved Fatal to Jimmy Brocht

  GARRETT, Dec. 26 - Friends and relatives of William J. Brocht were shocked to 
learn of the death of his only son, Jimmy, aged 13, Friday evening, December 
21st.  The boy had asked permission to go to a friend's home for a little while.  
About 15 minutes after he left his home neighbors called his parents to tell 
them that Jimmy, who had taken his sled and coasted down the hill on a little 
dirt road, had run into the bumper of an approaching car, and had his head 
crushed.  He was rushed to the New Kensington General Hospital but died before 
receiving medical attention.  James, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Brocht, was 
born in New Kensington, Pa., September 9, 1932.
  Funeral services were conducted at the Gordon Funeral Home Monday afternoon at 
2 o'clock by Rev. Mr. J. Langley.
  Jimmy was well known in Garrett, as he had spent many of his vacations at the 
home of his grandmother, Mrs. Henry Brocht on Pine Street.

Meyersdale Republican, December 27, 1945