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TRIBUTE: Loss Of Popular WWII Vet Joseph Brammer, 94, Felt Far And Wide TRIBUTE: Loss Of Popular WWII Vet Joseph Brammer, 94, Felt Far And Wide
Tribute: Loss Of Popular WWII Vet Joseph Brammer, 94, Felt Far And Wide Some legends make their names in particular towns. Not Joseph Brammer, one of the last of our country’s "greatest generation" of World War II veterans. Brammer death Monday at 94 was felt beyond his native Hackensack, where "Lucky," as they called him, operated Brammer Construction for many years. It was felt at American Legion Post #876 in River Edge, where the decorated Navy veteran of World War ll was an ambitious poppy seller and was awarded and named poppy chairman, surgeon and quartermaster. Likewise, it was felt at American Legion Post #170 in Rochelle Park. It extended much furth…