Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bligan, Elwood R.  September 2, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 4, 2011
  Elwood R. Bligan 
  
  PINE GROVE Elwood R. Bligan, 85, passed away Friday, September 2, 2011, in 
  Tremont Health & Rehab Center, Tremont. Born on August 26, 1926, in Pine 
  Grove, he was a son of the late Irvin and Margaret Long Bligan In 1944 he 
  graduated from Pine Grove High School. He retired from the Lebanon V.A. 
  Hospital after being employed for 33 years as a practical nurse. While there, 
  he started the first union at the Hospital. Elwood was a veteran of WWII, 
  having served with the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. LST2 and U.S.S. LST 1146 as a 
  signalman 3Cl. He received the European Theater Medal with one star, the 
  Pacific Theater Medal, the American Theater Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. 
  He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Pine Grove. He was a 
  life member of the Pine Grove V.F.W. Post 3432, the Pine Grove American Legion 
  Post 374, and the Pine Grove H.H. & L. Fire Co., #1. For many years he was an 
  ambulance driver in Pine Grove before the Pine Grove Community Association was 
  established. Preceding him in death was his wife of 59 years, Anna M. 
  D'Agostino Bligan. Surviving are one daughter, and son-in-law, Barbara and 
  Donald Schneck of Pine Grove; four grandchildren, Debra Schneck, Dean and 
  wife, Carol Schneck, Trudy, wife of Lyman Witmer, and Timothy and wife, Lisa 
  Schneck, all of Pine Grove; six great-grandchildren; and five great-great-
  grandchildren. Services will be held at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home, Inc., on 
  Wednesday at 1 p.m. with Dr. Ira C. Lydic officiating. Interment will follow 
  in the St. John's Lutheran Cemtery, Pine Grove. There will be a viewing on 
  Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to time of service at the funeral home. 
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 4, 2011 
  
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