BRANDT, Sr., John A.

BRANDT, THOMPSON

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/18/2013 at 10:18:15

John A. Brandt, Sr., Clear Lake, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1994, at the Good
Shepherd Care Center, Mason City, Iowa.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Dec. 10, at the St. Patricks Catholic
Church, Clear Lake, with the Msgr. Joseph J. Slepicka officiating. Interment
was in the Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake. A Scriptural Wake service was held
Friday, Dec. 9, at the Ward-Van Slyke Funeral Home, Clear Lake.

John was born Feb. 4, 1915 in Wesley, Iowa, the son of Gustav and Ella Brandt.

On Nov. 28, 1937 he was united in marriage to Opal M. Thompson, of Kensett,
Iowa, at the St. Patricks Catholic Church, Clear Lake. They farmed south of
Clear Lake until the early forties when they moved into Clear Lake. He worked
for Clear Lake Auction until his retirement in 1979.

He is survived by his son, John Brandt, and his wife, Suzanne, Clear Lake;
three grandchildren, Jeffrey Brandt, and his wife, Deanette, Riverton, Wyo.,
Scott Brandt and his wife, Sue, Clear Lake, and Robin Ulve and her husband,
Michael, Clear Lake; three great-grandchildren, Rachel Brandt, Amber and
Bayley Ulve; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Henderson, Mason City, Iowa, Katheryn
Fluhrer and her husband, Verle, Manly, Iowa, Mary Lou Hannafan and her
husband, A.J., Clinton, Iowa; one brother, Gus Brandt, Mason City, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one brother, Louis Brandt;
one sister, Verna Mae Beeler; and one grandchild, Thomas John Brandt.