 Abt 1920 - 1968 (~ 48 years)
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| Name |
Granville Blocher |
| Birth |
Abt 1920 |
Frostburg, Maryland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
9 Jun 1968 |
Frostburg, Maryland |
| Notes |
- Granville BLOCHER (William McGough-2, Isaac-1) was born about 1920 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. He died on 9 Jun 1968 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. FROSTBURG — Granville Blocher, 48, of 17 High Street, died yesterday at Miners Hospital where he had been admitted June 3. A native of Frostburg, he was a son of the late William and Harriett (Harden) Blocher. He was a veteran of World War II and was employed as a tread room operator at the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company. Mr. Blocher was a member of United Rubber Workers Local 26, Mt. Lodge 99, AF & AM and Farrady Post 24, American Legion. Surviving are his widow, Idelma (Heiland) Blocher; a son, Gary Lee Blocher and a daughter, Lisa Ann Blocher, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Guinevere Christopher, Mrs. Emma Hahn and Mrs. Anna P. Close, and two brothers, Harold and Willard Blocher, all of Frostburg, and a number of nieces and nephews. The body is at the Durst Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7 until 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. Mt. Lodge 99 will hold a service there tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. The Cumberland News, June 10, 1968 He was buried in Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. FROSTBURG — A service for Granville Blocher, 48, of 17 High Street, who died Sunday at Miners Hospital will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Durst Funeral Home by Rev. Kenneth E. Morelock. Interment will be in Frostburg Memorial Park. Mt. Lodge 99, AF&AM will hold a service at the funeral home today at 7:30 p.m. Pallbearers will be Joseph Stakem, Paul Myers, Donald Rice, David Norris, Ronald (remainder missing) The Cumberland News, June 11, 1968
Granville BLOCHER and Idelma HEILAND were married. Idelma HEILAND (daughter of Louis G. HEILAND and Margaret) was born in 1921. She died in 2005. She. Idelma is claimed as a daughter by both Louis Heilman and Thomas J. Harris. Apparently Louis Heilman is the biological parent. In articles, it appears that Mr. Harris raised Idelma and Norma (wife of Jackson Steck of Keyser). It is the Harrises who announced Norma's wedding to Mr. Steck. Perhaps Mr. Heilman and Mr. Harris were married to the same person at some time. She was buried in Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. Granville BLOCHER and Idelma HEILAND had the following children:
59i.Gary Lee BLOCHER was born about 1953. He died on 19 Aug 1970 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co., West Virginia. Gary Lee Blocher, 17, of 17 High Street, Frostburg, died Wednesday in the West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, of injuries sustained in a car accident on Sunday. The youth, who would have been a senior next month at Beall High School, was injured in a one-car accident Sunday along West Virginia Route 28 near Fort Ashby. West Virginia State Police said the youth was driving at a high rate of speed when his vehicle skidded 54 feet from the highway, flew into the air for 24 feet, crashed in a private driveway, bounced another 63 feet while clearing a five-foot fence, then rolled and slid another 43 feet while knocking a limb off a tree eight feet from the ground. Police said the engine of the car then broke loose from the vehicle and knocked the porch off the residence of Arno Brown. The youth was thrown another 45 feet and slammed into a cinder block wall, police said. He was a son of Mrs. Idelma (Heiland) Blocher and the late Granville Blocher who died in 1968. He was a member of Frostburg United Methodist Church and the Order of the DeMolay. Besides.his mother, he is survived by a sister, Lisa Ann, at home. The body is at the Durst Funeral Home, Frostburg, where friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A service will be conducted tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home by Rev. Richard K. McCullough. Burial will be in Frostburg Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Louis Femi, Gary Warren, Andrew Zimmerman, Randy Grimes, Gordon Opel, Mark McKenzie, David Sagal and John Femi. The Cumberland News, August 21, 1970 He was buried in Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland.
60ii.Lisa Ann BLOCHER was born date unknown.
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| Person ID |
I05677 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
William McGough Blocher, b. 22 Jul 1889, Garrett County, Maryland d. 1 Jun 1947, Frostburg, Maryland (Age 57 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Harriett Harden, b. 1882, Accident, garrett County, Maryland d. 28 Jun 1964, Frostburg, Maryland (Age 82 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F03142 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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