Gilbert A.C. Brandt 1916-1940

BRANDT, TOPP, FISCHER, HARRIS, ELDRIDGE, MINGES, MEYER, MECKLENBERG, HITCH, JACOB, DIAMOND, BALDWIN, OSTILIE, KENNEY, LUDWIG

Posted By: S. Ferrall IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 8/14/2010 at 05:42:28

Funeral services for Gilbert Brandt were held Saturday afternoon in St. Paul's Lutheran church with the Rev. F.R. Ludwig officiating. Burial was in the Postville cemetery. Pallbearers were William Hitch and Lloyd Jacob of Elgin, William T. Diamond of Fayette, Kenneth Baldwin of Wadena, James Ostilie of Clermont and Robert Kenney of Postville. They represented the Fayette county Rural Young People's Club of which Mr. Brandt was a member.

Gilbert Brandt suffered fatal injuries Sunday, July 28, in an automobile accident eight miles west of Williams, Calif., about 100 miles south of Redding, Calif., where he worked as a herdsman for the Kite Dairy ranch. The car, which he was driving, struck loose gravel, and rolled over. In the mishap he was thrown out of the car. He passed away in a physician's car on the way to a nearby hospital. Three other passengers in the car escaped with slight injuries.

Gilbert Arthur Carl Brandt was born May 22, 1916, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brandt, on the Brandt farm, three and a half miles southwest of Postville. In his youth he attended Junction school, a short distance form the farm and in later years worked on the home farm and on other farms in the immediate vicinity. He made three trips to California, spending over three years at the Kite Dairy ranch near Redding. The youth is survived by his parents, one sister, Mrs. Leon Topp of West Union, and four brothers, Raymond and Otto at home, Clarence of near West Union, and Verni of Clermont. He is also survived by two half-brothers, Chris Fischer of Tripoli, and Walter Fischer of Fulda, Minn., and one half-sister, Mrs. Grover Harris of Latimer.

Among the many people who attended the funeral on Saturday were the following from a distance: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fischer of fulda, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs Floyd Eldridge of Winnebago, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs Frank Minges of Owatonna, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Grover Harris and Ruth and Mr. and Mrs Wm. Meyer and Helen of Latimer; Mr. and Mrs Chris Fischer of Tripoli; Mr. and Mrs Raymond Brandt of Hartley; Mrs. Minnie Brandt of Marcus,; Wm. Mecklenberg, Mr. and Mrs Herman Mecklenberg and Henry Mecklenberg of New Hampton.

~Postville Herald, August 7, 1940