Brecht was the daughter of the late Clayton Worthington Nichols and Marjorie Kate Bacon.
She lived most of her life in North Salem on Starr Ridge Road, Bloomerside Hotel Properties and the family property the “Blue Bird Cottage” of Route 121.
Brecht was a major supporter and volunteer of the old Salem Library.
Survivors include one son, George F. Brecht Jr. of Towson, Md.; one daughter, Nancy M. Saladin of Couer D’Alene, Idaho; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Her husband, George F. Brecht, died in 1996. One of her daughters, Barbara Brecht-Maxcy, died in 1977.
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