Vice President and general manager of Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles. Founded in 1853 Mr. Brant was one of the original incorporators. As a developer he was one of the organizers with Harrison Gray Otis, Moses Sherman and Harry Chandler by forming the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company which opened and developed 47,000 acres of the San Fernando Valley. Brant died shortly after stepping down from the witness stand during a civil suit filed against him by a person he had a minor traffic accident with, but found out Brant had 'deep pockets' and therefore attempted to blow the whole situation out of hand.
∼Los Angeles Times - March 18, 1922:
BRANT RITES MARKED BY SIMPLICITY
Life Principles of Man Followed at Funeral by Rector and Mourners
In accord with his unvarying principles of simplicity, funeral services for Otto F. Brant, vice-president and general manager of the Title Insurance and Trust Company, who died suddenly in a courtroom at Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon, were conducted at 10 a.m. yesterday at the family residence, 3131 South Figueroa street.
Representing a community's tribute to the sterling character of one who worked persistently and unselfishly for the best interests of humanity, and indicative of a wide range of solid friendships among business and social circles of this city, a notable pilgrimage of men and women filled the lower floor of the residence, thronged the wide veranda, and extended down the broad steps to the lawn.
The casket, simple and unadorned, rested in the front of the main drawing-room, but, not withstanding a request of the family that flowers be omitted, a beautiful bank of rarest flora of hothouse culture, intermingled with delicate spring flowers and tender green, circled the end of the room halfway to the ceiling.
Directors, officers and employees of the Union Bank and Trust Company sent a magnificent standing wreath five feet in diameter, of pink roses. A floral piece of American Beauty roses bore the card of sympathy from "the company and its employees," friends and co-workers, many of whom for long years had learned to cherish the directing hand which guided them.
Rev. George Davidson, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, read the service, and the low, deep-voiced response of the mourners to the Lord's Prayer carried a depth of sorrow and a feeling of sympathy which cannot be forgotten. No words in eulogy of the life that had passed were spoken and there was no music.
At the conclusion of the services only a very few passed the casket. Slowly and quietly the throng passed out of the house to the lawn. There, in the tempered sunlight of clearing skies, they stood with bared heads until the funeral cortege, which included only members of the bereaved family, passed out the driveway. The body was placed in a vault at Rosedale Cemetery. The pallbearers were John H. Coverley, N. W. Thompson, Joseph Weber, E. L. Farmer, C. H. Brock and T. A. Simpson, department heads of the Title Insurance and Trust Company.
∼Los Angeles Times - March 18, 1922:
BRANT RITES MARKED BY SIMPLICITY
Life Principles of Man Followed at Funeral by Rector and Mourners
In accord with his unvarying principles of simplicity, funeral services for Otto F. Brant, vice-president and general manager of the Title Insurance and Trust Company, who died suddenly in a courtroom at Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon, were conducted at 10 a.m. yesterday at the family residence, 3131 South Figueroa street.
Representing a community's tribute to the sterling character of one who worked persistently and unselfishly for the best interests of humanity, and indicative of a wide range of solid friendships among business and social circles of this city, a notable pilgrimage of men and women filled the lower floor of the residence, thronged the wide veranda, and extended down the broad steps to the lawn.
The casket, simple and unadorned, rested in the front of the main drawing-room, but, not withstanding a request of the family that flowers be omitted, a beautiful bank of rarest flora of hothouse culture, intermingled with delicate spring flowers and tender green, circled the end of the room halfway to the ceiling.
Directors, officers and employees of the Union Bank and Trust Company sent a magnificent standing wreath five feet in diameter, of pink roses. A floral piece of American Beauty roses bore the card of sympathy from "the company and its employees," friends and co-workers, many of whom for long years had learned to cherish the directing hand which guided them.
Rev. George Davidson, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, read the service, and the low, deep-voiced response of the mourners to the Lord's Prayer carried a depth of sorrow and a feeling of sympathy which cannot be forgotten. No words in eulogy of the life that had passed were spoken and there was no music.
At the conclusion of the services only a very few passed the casket. Slowly and quietly the throng passed out of the house to the lawn. There, in the tempered sunlight of clearing skies, they stood with bared heads until the funeral cortege, which included only members of the bereaved family, passed out the driveway. The body was placed in a vault at Rosedale Cemetery. The pallbearers were John H. Coverley, N. W. Thompson, Joseph Weber, E. L. Farmer, C. H. Brock and T. A. Simpson, department heads of the Title Insurance and Trust Company.
Vice President and general manager of Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles. Founded in 1853 Mr. Brant was one of the original incorporators. As a developer he was one of the organizers with Harrison Gray Otis, Moses Sherman and Harry Chandler by forming the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company which opened and developed 47,000 acres of the San Fernando Valley. Brant died shortly after stepping down from the witness stand during a civil suit filed against him by a person he had a minor traffic accident with, but found out Brant had 'deep pockets' and therefore attempted to blow the whole situation out of hand.
∼Los Angeles Times - March 18, 1922:
BRANT RITES MARKED BY SIMPLICITY
Life Principles of Man Followed at Funeral by Rector and Mourners
In accord with his unvarying principles of simplicity, funeral services for Otto F. Brant, vice-president and general manager of the Title Insurance and Trust Company, who died suddenly in a courtroom at Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon, were conducted at 10 a.m. yesterday at the family residence, 3131 South Figueroa street.
Representing a community's tribute to the sterling character of one who worked persistently and unselfishly for the best interests of humanity, and indicative of a wide range of solid friendships among business and social circles of this city, a notable pilgrimage of men and women filled the lower floor of the residence, thronged the wide veranda, and extended down the broad steps to the lawn.
The casket, simple and unadorned, rested in the front of the main drawing-room, but, not withstanding a request of the family that flowers be omitted, a beautiful bank of rarest flora of hothouse culture, intermingled with delicate spring flowers and tender green, circled the end of the room halfway to the ceiling.
Directors, officers and employees of the Union Bank and Trust Company sent a magnificent standing wreath five feet in diameter, of pink roses. A floral piece of American Beauty roses bore the card of sympathy from "the company and its employees," friends and co-workers, many of whom for long years had learned to cherish the directing hand which guided them.
Rev. George Davidson, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, read the service, and the low, deep-voiced response of the mourners to the Lord's Prayer carried a depth of sorrow and a feeling of sympathy which cannot be forgotten. No words in eulogy of the life that had passed were spoken and there was no music.
At the conclusion of the services only a very few passed the casket. Slowly and quietly the throng passed out of the house to the lawn. There, in the tempered sunlight of clearing skies, they stood with bared heads until the funeral cortege, which included only members of the bereaved family, passed out the driveway. The body was placed in a vault at Rosedale Cemetery. The pallbearers were John H. Coverley, N. W. Thompson, Joseph Weber, E. L. Farmer, C. H. Brock and T. A. Simpson, department heads of the Title Insurance and Trust Company.
∼Los Angeles Times - March 18, 1922:
BRANT RITES MARKED BY SIMPLICITY
Life Principles of Man Followed at Funeral by Rector and Mourners
In accord with his unvarying principles of simplicity, funeral services for Otto F. Brant, vice-president and general manager of the Title Insurance and Trust Company, who died suddenly in a courtroom at Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon, were conducted at 10 a.m. yesterday at the family residence, 3131 South Figueroa street.
Representing a community's tribute to the sterling character of one who worked persistently and unselfishly for the best interests of humanity, and indicative of a wide range of solid friendships among business and social circles of this city, a notable pilgrimage of men and women filled the lower floor of the residence, thronged the wide veranda, and extended down the broad steps to the lawn.
The casket, simple and unadorned, rested in the front of the main drawing-room, but, not withstanding a request of the family that flowers be omitted, a beautiful bank of rarest flora of hothouse culture, intermingled with delicate spring flowers and tender green, circled the end of the room halfway to the ceiling.
Directors, officers and employees of the Union Bank and Trust Company sent a magnificent standing wreath five feet in diameter, of pink roses. A floral piece of American Beauty roses bore the card of sympathy from "the company and its employees," friends and co-workers, many of whom for long years had learned to cherish the directing hand which guided them.
Rev. George Davidson, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, read the service, and the low, deep-voiced response of the mourners to the Lord's Prayer carried a depth of sorrow and a feeling of sympathy which cannot be forgotten. No words in eulogy of the life that had passed were spoken and there was no music.
At the conclusion of the services only a very few passed the casket. Slowly and quietly the throng passed out of the house to the lawn. There, in the tempered sunlight of clearing skies, they stood with bared heads until the funeral cortege, which included only members of the bereaved family, passed out the driveway. The body was placed in a vault at Rosedale Cemetery. The pallbearers were John H. Coverley, N. W. Thompson, Joseph Weber, E. L. Farmer, C. H. Brock and T. A. Simpson, department heads of the Title Insurance and Trust Company.
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