BREECE, HENRY C.
The death of Henry Clay Breece, 84, took place Wednesday afternoon at 1:10 at his home, 819 South Franklin street
in Garrett.
Mr. Breece, a retired Baltimore & Ohio
track foreman, had been ailing several weeks with heart disease and became bedfast Dec. 4.
He was born Apr. 15, 1858, in Allen county., O., and came to Garrett in 1900.
He retired in 1923.
Mr. Breece and Hattie Masterman of Walkerton were married in 1903 and she survives with two sons, Otto Breece of
Plymouth, Ind., and Hollis C. Breece of West Carrolton., O., four grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
Mr. Breece was the last of a family of thirteen children.
Mr. Breece was a member of the Church
of Christ, the men’s Bible class, the Odd Fellows and the
Baltimore & Ohio Veteran Employee Association. Members of the Bible class will
act as pallbearers.
Funeral arrangements have not been made. Friends are asked to omit
flowers.
The body was taken to the Geo. W. Iler mortuary and was returned to the family residence Wednesday evening.
The Garret Clipper, Garrett,
Indiana 10 DEC, 1942