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Visitation:
1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 2020 at Atlanta Christian
Church
Service:
2 p.m. Sunday at the church
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Emma Lou Brandt, 96, of Atlanta,
passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 7, 2020.
Her funeral will be at 2:00pm, Sunday, at Atlanta
Christian Church. Mr. Maurice Stribling will
officiate. Visitation we be at 1:00 pm preceding her
service. Burial will follow her service at Atlanta
Cemetery.
Emma Lou was born July 24, 1923, at her home in
Atlanta, the daughter of Roy and Neva Colaw. She
married John T. Brandt on June 22, 1947, in Atlanta.
She is preceded in death by her husband John, her
parents, sister, and brother.
Surviving are her children: Hank (Becky) Brandt,
Atlanta, Peggy (Mike) Shanahan, Denver, and Patti
(Fred) Metz, Allen, Texas; six grandchildren: Carrie
Kieser, Kyle Shanahan, Andy Brandt, Krystal Sachs,
and Katy and Jake Metz; and 15 great-grandchildren:
Emma, Eli, Ethan, Ean, Stella, Carter, Lexie,
William, Ben, Connor, Jed, Lauren, Aubrey, Reece,
and Jordan.
Emma Lou graduated from Atlanta High School in 1941.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
from the University of Illinois in 1945, and taught
school for three years before starting her family. |
Emma Lou was an active volunteer in
many organizations as she raised her family. She
devoted her time and talents as a Girl Scout and 4-H
Girls Club leader. She served as president for many
years of the Atlanta Ladies Cemetery Board
Association, a member of Eastern Star, the Atlanta
Women’s Club, Atlanta PTA, and several women’s
bridge clubs.
Emma Lou was a devoted mother who loved her husband
deeply and cherished time spent with her children,
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She loved
socializing with friends, watching football and
baseball, and spending her winters in Las Vegas with
her husband. Her spunky spirit with family and
friends will be with us forever.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association
or Atlanta Christian Church.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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