Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Blocher, Mabel E. February 26, 1982 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 11, 2010, 5:32 pm The Hastings Banner, March 4, 1982 Mrs. Mabel E. Blocher, 88, of 9446 Elmdale Road, died Friday February 26, at the Muskegon Hospital. She was born March 21, 1893 in Curlew, Iowa, the daughter of Fernando and Rachel (Pierce) Strouse. She married Clinton Blocher January 4, 1913 in Kensal, North Dakota. He preceded her in death in April, 1974. She was a member of the Old Time Methodist Church of Whitneyville for several years. Mrs. Blocher is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Haight of White Hall and Mrs. Richard (Betty) Craig of Clarksville; five sons, George and Loren, both of Lowell, LaVern of Grandville, Leo of Chapleau, Ontario, and LeRoy of Marian; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Donna Blocher of Alto; twenty-six grandchildren; and forty-six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Paul, in September 1980. Funeral services were held Monday March 1, at 2:00 p.m. from the Clarksville Bible Church. Rev. Mark Blocher and Rev. Russell Spray officiated. Burial was in Marian Cemetery, Alto. Arrangements were by the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel in Clarksville. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/blocher5448nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb