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JACOB BRADY PASSES AWAY
Yardmaster For D & H Retired Year Ago
Jacob Bertels Brady, retired Delaware &
Hudson Railroad yardmaster died this morning at 6:10 at his home 197
Madison street, city. He was a past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus at
Oneonta, N.Y., where he lived nine years during the course of his
railroad career. Mr. Brady lived in this city all of his life excepting the
period of residence at Oneonta and was employed 47 years by the Delaware
and Hudson. He retired a year ago. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late
James and
Lena Bertels Brady. His father was a tipstaff in the courtroom of
the late Judge Henry A. Fuller. Mr. Brady was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church
and its Holy Name Society. Surviving are his wife, the former Margaret Dowling; two sons,
James and John Brady of Wilkes-Barre; eight grandchildren, three
sisters, Mrs. Anna E. Norris of Lake Carey, former principal of Carey
Avenue grade school; Mary and Omahlee Brady, Forty Fort, and a brother,
A. W. Brady, Kingston. The funeral will be held from the Brady residence 197
Madison Street. |