Florence "Flora" B. Metzger

1887 - 1972  (84 years)

• Name	Florence "Flora" B. Metzger  [1]
  Birth	5 Dec 1887	Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	Jan 1972	Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I4243	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family	Joeseph John Brechtel,   b. 1876, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Oct 1939, Jones, Elk, Pennsylvania (Age 63 years)
  Children	+ 1. Eugene F. Brechtel,   b. 1903, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1975, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Mabel Marie Brechtel,   b. 26 Oct 1906, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Sep 1981, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Arthur J. Brechtel,   b. 1911, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1977, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Clair Charles Brechtel,   b. 1 Mar 1914, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Jul 1953, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Dorothy K Brechtel,   b. 10 Jan 1917, Jones Township, Elk, Pennsylvania d. 14 Jul 1997, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Newspaper.com, (Name: Name: The Kane Republican; Location: Kane, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;;), Obit: Brechtel, Clair Charles. 28JUL1953. RASSELAS MAN DIES IN ERIE HOSPITAL Clair Charles Brechtel, 39, of Rasselas died Sunday in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Erie, after an illness of three months. He had been in St. Vincent’s for eight days. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock in Holy Cross church, Rasselas, the Rev. Fr. Hurley officiating, with interment following in Holy Cross cemetery, Rasselas. Friends may call at the home of his brother, Arthur Brechtel in Wilcox after 2 o’clock this afternoon. Mr. Brechtel was born March 1, 1914, in Rasselas and lived there all his life. He married Mary Bodlstow June 1, 1946. He had been employed by the B. & O. Railroad. Survivors include his wife, Mary Bodistow Brechtel, one daughter, Beverly Ann, his mother, Mrs. Florence Brechtel, all of Rasselas; and two brothers and two sisters: Eugene Brechtel, Rasselas; Mrs. Mabel Gray, Erie; Arthur Brechtel, Wilcox, and Mrs. Dorothy Lord, Erie. He is also survived by five nephews and four nieces. Kane Republican, The. 28JUL1953 HFA: 14SEP2020