OBIT: Bradford BLOCHER, 1945, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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BRADFORD BLOCHER

  Bradford Blocher, 80, a native and lifelong resident of Garrett County, Md., 
died Wednesday evening, May 2, at his home in the Blocher settlement near Long 
Stretch.  He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blocher, Garrett County 
pioneers, who founded the settlement bearing their name.  Bradford Blocher was a 
farmer and member of Zion Methodist Church at Long Stretch.  Surviving are his 
wife, Mrs. Mary Wade Blocher, and a son, George Blocher, at home; two brothers, 
Bruce Blocher, Long Stretch, and Harvey Blocher, Chicago; and one sister, Mrs. 
William Turner, living near Shade Mill.

Meyersdale Republican, May 10, 1945