OBIT: James T. "Zook" BLAKE, 1995, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BLAKE
  
    James T. "Zook" Blake, 71, Boyers Road, Marion Township, Butler
  County, died Sept. 13, 1995, at United Community Hospital, Pine
  Township, Mercer County.  Born March 2, 1924, in Boynton.  Son of
  Isaac and Goldie (Kendall) Blake.  Preceded in death by parents and a
  brother.  survived by his wife, Dorothy A. (Long) Kale Blake, whom he
  married Sept. 11, 1976; a daughter, Deborah K. Hetz, Garrett; two
  sons, Michael E. Blake, Garrett, and Keith A. Blake, Boynton; a
  stepdaughter, Mrs. Leroy W. (Ruth E.) Fink, Harrisville; four
  grandchildren and a step-grandson.  Brother of Leroy Blake, Boynton;
  Doretha Housel, Meyersdale; Edna Paul, Boynton; Evelyn Mosser,
  Accident, Md., and Shirley Baer, Baltimore, Md.  He was a laborer for
  PennDOT and in maintenance at Slippery Rock University, retiring in
  1986.  Member of West Unity Community Church, Marion Township, Butler
  County.  Friends received from 11 a.m. until the hour of service at 1
  p.m. Friday at the Jamison Funeral Home, 117 N. Main St. Harrisville,
  Pastor Boyd D. Smith.  Interment, Prairie Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, September 15, 1995
  
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