Vitals: Obits: Blose, John, Indiana Co Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Leslie Kammerdiener. lesliekamm@americanteleport.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reprinted through the courtesy of the Indiana Gazette John Blose John G. "JB" Blose, 72, Bonita Springs, Fla., formerly of Indiana RD 5, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1998, at his home in Florida. Born on Nov. 8, 1925, in Dayton, Pa., he was the son of James and Lucinda Halfman Blose. He was employed by the Brayman Construction Corp. for 41 years as general superintendent of bridge construction until his retirement in 1988. He was the co-founder of Rural Construction and 422 Home Sales where he retired as president of both firms. Mr. Blose was a member of the St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church of Indiana. He belonged to the Knights of Columbus Council 1481 of Indiana where he was a 4th Degree member. He was a member of the Indiana Country Club; the Pelicans' Nest Country Club and the BPO Elks Lodge, both of Bonita Springs; the APOA, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Freeport, Pa.; the LSM- SMR and Carpenters Union of Pitts- burgh. He was a retired member of the Contractors' Association. Mr. Blose was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy as a 2nd Class Signalman. He is survived by his wife, Cather- ine D. Ferra Blose; two daughters, Mrs. William (Lucinda) Hughes, Indiana RD 5, and Mrs. Paul (Car- mella D.) Sherry III, Indiana RD 5; four grandsons, William D. and John G. Hughes; Paul IV and Vincient Sherry; five great-grandchildren, Ciara J. and Hunter W. Hughes; Paul V. Chanell and Taylor J. Sher- ry; three sisters, Mrs. James (Pau- line) Hosey, Rimersburg; Mrs. John (Beulah) Lair, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and Mrs. John (Dorothy) Per- ry, Punxsutawney; and two broth- ers, Stanley Blose and Jack Blose, and his wife Maxine, all of Dayton. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Florence Stone- braker, and five brothers, Kenneth, William, Robert, James and Clifford Blose. Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m. Thursday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the Bowser-Minich Funer- al Home in Indiana where a parish vigil service will be held at 8:30 p.m. Friday with the Father McNeilis K of C Council 1481 participating. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Bernard Church in Indiana. Graveside mili- tary honors will be provided at the St. Bernard Cemetery by Post 1989 of the Indiana VFW.