OBIT: Kathryn BLOCHER, 1944, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ KATHRYN BLOCHER Miss Kathryn Blocher, aged 44 years, of 230 Meyers Ave., died Sunday morning, Aug. 20, in the Hazel McGilvery Hospital, where she submitted to an operation last week. A daughter of Jacob and Clara (Groff) Blocher, she was born Nov. 17, 1899, and was a lifelong resident of Meyersdale. She had been residing with her aunt, Miss Anne Groff. In addition to the aunt, she is survived by a brother, Charles, serving in the Army in Texas. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Miss Groff, by Rev. R. M. Dunkleberger, D.D., pastor of Zion Lutheran Church. Burial, under the direction of H. R. Konhaus, was made in Union Cemetery. Meyersdale Republican, August 24, 1944