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Joseph Mattison “Matt” Breiner

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Joseph Mattison “Matt” Breiner

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10 Aug 1959 (aged 82)
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Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Matt Breiner Dies Suddenly Last Night

J. M. (Matt) Breiner, 82, well-known lifelong resident of Decatur and Adams County, died suddenly at 8:45 o'clock Monday night at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, shortly after suffering a heart attack at his home east of Decatur.
Mr. Breiner, a former city policeman, also had served as janitor at the South Ward and West Ward Schools, was a former custodian at the court house, and former custodian at the Moose Lodge.
He was born in Adams County May 24, 1877, a son of William and Ann Mary Hower Breiner, and was married to Clara Shimer Sept. 5, 1900. Mr. Breiner was a member of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren Church, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Red Men Lodges.
He was serving as great guard of the Wigman of the Indiana Red Men Lodges at the time of his death.
Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, Charles Breiner of St. Mary's, O.; one daughter, Mrs. Dallas (Alta) Brown of near Decatur; five grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; one brother, Frank Breiner of Decatur, and three sisters, Mrs. Mandy Liby of Monroe, Mrs. Sadie Moore of Wakarusa, and Mrs. Goldie Schieferstein of Tucson, Ariz. One daughter and two brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Black Funeral Home, the Rev. Emmett Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening until time of the services.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, Indiana
Tuesday, August 11, 1959
Matt Breiner Dies Suddenly Last Night

J. M. (Matt) Breiner, 82, well-known lifelong resident of Decatur and Adams County, died suddenly at 8:45 o'clock Monday night at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, shortly after suffering a heart attack at his home east of Decatur.
Mr. Breiner, a former city policeman, also had served as janitor at the South Ward and West Ward Schools, was a former custodian at the court house, and former custodian at the Moose Lodge.
He was born in Adams County May 24, 1877, a son of William and Ann Mary Hower Breiner, and was married to Clara Shimer Sept. 5, 1900. Mr. Breiner was a member of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren Church, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Red Men Lodges.
He was serving as great guard of the Wigman of the Indiana Red Men Lodges at the time of his death.
Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, Charles Breiner of St. Mary's, O.; one daughter, Mrs. Dallas (Alta) Brown of near Decatur; five grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; one brother, Frank Breiner of Decatur, and three sisters, Mrs. Mandy Liby of Monroe, Mrs. Sadie Moore of Wakarusa, and Mrs. Goldie Schieferstein of Tucson, Ariz. One daughter and two brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Black Funeral Home, the Rev. Emmett Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening until time of the services.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, Indiana
Tuesday, August 11, 1959


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