Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Hardin, John Wesley "JW"  October 22, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on October 31, 2011
  John E. Blouch 
  
  
  LEBANON John E. Blouch, 73, died Friday, October 28, 2011, at his home. He was 
  the husband of Thelma M. nee Hostetter Blouch, to whom he was married for 43 
  years. He was born in Lebanon on February 2, 1938, a son of the late Raymond 
  Sr. and Dorothy Young Blouch. He was a 1956 graduate of Lebanon high School. 
  He worked for 24 years in the Industrial Engineering Department at the former 
  Lebanon Steel Foundry. In 1999 he retired as General Manager of Sterling 
  Lebanon Packaging where he had been employed for 15 years. He was a lifelong 
  member of Covenant United Methodist Church where he touched many lives with 
  his singing and teaching. He also was a member of the church's administrative 
  board. He was a charter member and the first Eagle Scout of Boy Scout Troop 
  446. For the past 60 years, his deep commitment to scouting was evident 
  through his service as Assistant Scout Master and Troop Committee Member. He 
  was a Vigil Member of Swatara Lodge #39 Order of the Arrow. He was also a 
  member of the National Eagle Scout Association and helped established the 
  Lebanon County Eagle Scout Association. He was a member of Mount Olivet Lodge 
  Number 704 Free Accepted Masons Blue Lodge and the Ancient Accepted Thirty 
  Second Degree Scottish Rite Consistory. He loved model railroading, the New 
  York Yankees, Camp Bashore and Troop 446's Annual Spaghetti Supper. Surviving 
  in addition to his wife are a son, Timothy, husband of Amy Blouch; a daughter, 
  Melissa, wife of David Yuri Hooper; grandchildren, Gracie Hooper and Andrew 
  Blouch; and a sister, Mary Ellen, wife of Bruce Beckman. In addition to his 
  parents he was preceded in death by brothers, Raymond, Jr. and Ronald. A 
  memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Covenant United Methodist 
  Church, 346 N. 9th Street, Lebanon. Visitation will be one hour prior to the 
  service.  Kreamer & Lum Funeral Home & Crematory, Jonestown is in charge of 
  the arrangements. 
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on October 31, 2011 
  
  
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