OBIT: William S. BLOCHER, 1983, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  WILLIAM S. BLOCHER
  
    William S. Blocher, 55, was dead on arrival March 10, 1983 at Frostburg
  Community Hospital.
    He was born in Cumberland, Maryland and was a son of the late V.
  Llewellyn Blocher and Margaret (McLaughlin) Blocher.
    He was employed at the Harbison-Walker Refractories and was a veteran of
  World War II.  He was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church; Local 14404
  Ironworkers of America and Grantsville American Legion Post 214.
    He is survived by his widow Mrs. Patsy (Miller) Blocher; one son Ronald
  Blocher, Grantsville; a daughter, Miss Patricia Blocher, at home; two
  brothers James Blocher, Sun City, Ariz.; Joseph Blocher, Rockville,
  Maryland; two sisters, Mrs. Rita Booker, Hopewell, Va.; Mrs. Margaret
  Lawton, Rockville; and two grandsons.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home in Grantsville.
    A mass of Christian burial was celebrated at St. Ann's Catholic Church by
  Father Aidan Lucko.  Interment was in the Grantsville Cemetery, where
  military honors were accorded by Grantsville Cemetery Legion Post 214.
    The family suggests that memorials take the form of contributions to the
  American Heart Association.
  
  The Republic, March 17, 1983
  
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