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- Services Held Tuesday For Howard T. Brandon
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the Fisher funeral home in Dallas City, for Howard Taylor Brandon, 70, of Niota, who died at 9:25 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 1966, at the Veterans Administration hospital, Iowa City, Ia., where he had been a patient for two weeks. He had been in failing health for 12 years.
Miss Mary Hutson, lay pastor of the Nauvoo Presbyterian church, officiated, and burial was in the Industry, Ill. cemetery.
Anita Gerhadt, organist, accompanied Connie Ferrill and Shirley Ferrill, who sang "In the Garden" and "Wonderful Place."
Pallbearers were Joh, Melvin, Jack and Glen Rea, Richard Brandon and William Boyer.
Mr. Brandon, son of William H. and Jessie Taylor Brandon, was born in McDonough county, Ill., on July 19, 1896. He was a veteran of World War I, serving as a private in the 475th Aero Squadron, Company 7, 163rd DB. He entered the service Aug. 13, 1917, at Billings, Mont., and received his discharge at Des Moines, Ia., on Dec. 27, 1918.
He was a machine operator by trade. He was married in June 1919, at Madison, Mo., to Mattie Gritton, who died in 1931.
He is survived by the following children: Robert; James, Midwest City, Okla; Howard Jr., New York City, N.Y.: Brady, Houston, Tex.; Pfc. Connie, U.W. Army, Ft. Hood, Tex.; Gary, Galesburg, Ill.; and Mrs. Joyce Zahn, Chicago; two brothers, Earl Brandon of Ferris, Ill, and Valasco Brandon, Dallas City; two sisters, Mrs. Forrest Greeling, Macomb, Ill., and Mrs. Helen Rea, Niota; and nine grandchildren.
The Dallas City Enterprise, Dallas City, Illinois. Thursday, 24 November 1966.
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