VIOLA BRANDS

ORAN -- Viola R. Brands, 90, of Oran died Sunday, Dec. 27, 1998, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee.

She was born Aug. 18, 1908, at New Hamburg, daughter of Frank Andrew and Ida Alvina Scherer Dirnberger. She and Henry L. Brands were married on Nov. 22, 1941.

She was a homemaker.

She was a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran and St. Ann's Sodality.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Stella Reinagel of Kelso and Anita K. Wubker of Oran; a sister, Anita LeGrand of Benton; and three grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran after 4 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7, and Knights of Columbus rosary will be at 7:30.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran. The Rev. Lewis Hejna will officiate, with burial at Guardian Angel Catholic Cemetery.