OBIT: Raymond Delbert BLANK, 1999, Southampton Township, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BLANK
  
    Raymond Delbert Blank, 94, of Southampton Township, died March 13, 1999,
  at his residence after a long illness.  Born April 2, 1904 in Wellersburg,
  he was one of 14 children of the late John Edward and Cecilia Martha
  (Orndorf) Blank.  Eight brothers, five sisters, and two grandchildren also
  preceded Mr. Blank in death.  He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Eleanor
  Blank; five sons, Dale and wife of Pocahontas, Leslie and wife of Hyndman,
  David and wife of Eckhart, Md., Gary and wife and Dwanye and wife all of
  Wellersburg; four daughters, Evelyn Stott of Akron, Ohio, Joan Sager and
  husband of Hyndman, Norma Middleton and husband of Frostburg, Md., and
  Diane DeHaven and husband of Corriganville, Md.; 12 grandchildren, seven
  great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.  Mr. Blank served
  in the U.S. Army and attended the Methodist Church in Mount Savage, Md. 
  Friends will be received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home from 2 to 4
  and 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday.  Services will be conducted at the funeral home
  at 1 p.m., Wednesday, with the Rev. Ken I. Korns officiating.  Interment
  will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Bedford Road.  The Cumberland Combined
  Forces Color guard will accord Mr. Blank full military honors.
  
  Daily American, March 15, 1999
  
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