OBIT: Elias K. BLAUCH, 1945, native of Somerset County, PA

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ELIAS BLAUCH

  Elias K. Blauch, well known by many of the older readers of The Republican, 
died suddenly at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William B. Kline, in Ravenna, 
Ohio, May 23rd, at the age of 81 years and 12 days.
  He was born in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pa., May 11, 1864, a son of 
Rev. Henry H. and Catherine Keim Blauch.
  He was married in 1888 to Miss Ida A. Maust, of Elk Lick Twp.  Nine children 
were born to them, namely: Lloyd, Washington, D.C.; Morris, of Aurora, Ohio; 
Norbert, deceased since 1918; Omar, Sugar Creek, Ohio; Orpha (Mrs. William 
Kline), Ravenna, Ohio; Clemens, Euclid, Ohio; Stella (Mrs. Glenn Schmucker), 
Canton, Ohio; Clinton, Canton, Ohio; Minton, Willoughby, Ohio.
  The family lived near Johnstown, Pa., until 1909, when they moved to Aurora, 
Ohio, where Mrs. Blauch died in 1924.
  In 1925 Mr. Blauch remarried.  His second wife was Mrs. Annie (Miller) Beachy, 
widow of Jonas C. Beachy of Garrett County, Md., who was living at Salisbury, 
Pa., when she became the wife of Mr. Blauch.  She died in 1941 at their home in 
Aurora, Ohio.  The following year Mr. Blauch went to live the remainder of his 
life with his elder daughter, Mrs. Kline, in Ravenna.  He was very active until 
the last, but on the day of his death he took a short walk, from which he 
returned exhausted and expired five minutes after he lay down on a couch to 
rest.
  He is survived by eight of the children named above, 12 grandchildren and 
three great-grandchildren; also by a sister, Mrs. Caroline Kaufman, of Windber, 
Pa, and a brother, Ephraim Blauch, of Pinto, Md.
  Mr. Blauch was a member of the Mennonite Church for many years and was a 
regular attendant at service until his health failed.  He was the last remaining 
of the heads of the families that established the church at Aurora, Ohio  He 
took an active part in the construction of the buildings for the church, and 
often he served as chorister.  He was always concerned for the welfare of the 
members of the family, to whom he was greatly devoted and for whom he provided 
well.

Meyersdale Republican, June 7, 1945