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MOYERS CORNERS REMEMBERS ITS FOUNDER; FIRE DEPARTMENT'S KEN BRAND IS BURIED IN PINE PLAINS CEMETERY, WITH 120 FRIENDS AND COMRADES AT SERVICE.(Local)
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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
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July 15, 2003
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Byline: Pedro Ramirez III Staff writer
More than 120 Moyers Corners firefighters and friends attended the burial Monday of the fire department's founder and first chief, Ken Brand Sr., who died last week at age 86.
"He was a sweetheart of a man," said Gregory Shaffer, Moyers Corners Fire Department president.
Firefighters from Belgium-Cold Springs and Phoenix attended the service. Others from as far away as Canada and Florida also attended, Shaffe...
