OBIT: Franklin B. GRAZIER, 1978, native of Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Franklin B. Grazier Franklin B. Grazier, 73, a resident of Tadpole Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, for 10 years, died yesterday morning at Wilmington Medical Center Memorial Division, Wilmington, Del. He was born in Tyrone, on June 27, 1904, the son of J. Lloyd and Catherine McKee Grazier. He was married April 3, 1926, in St. Matthews Roman Catholic Church, Tyrone, to Alice V. Hildebrand, who preceded him in death on July 27, 1972. Surviving are: a son, Robert, Penns Grove, N.J.; daughter, Mrs. Frances V. Dutten, New Castle, Del.; a brother, Eugene, Nealmont; a sister, Miss Catherine V. Grazier, Tyrone; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was a member of the Pine Grove Lions Club and the Men of Malbern, St. Thomas Group. In June of 1968, he retired as a foreman of the engineering department of E. I. Dupont Chambers Works, Deepwater, N.J., where he served for 39 years. Funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Corpus Christi Church, Carneys Point, N.J. Interment will follow at Cathedral Cemetery in the Queen of the Apostles Crypt, Wilmington, Del. Friends will be received Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Adams Funeral Home, 131 South Broad st., Penns Grove, N.J. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 5, 1978