OBIT: Grace B. (MILLER) BLOOM, 1982, Hooversville RD, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BLOOM Mrs. Grace B. Bloom, 78, of Hooversville RD 1, died Dec. 1, 1982, at Memorial Hospital in Johnstown. Born Aug. 28, 1904, at Sidman, Pa., the daughter of the late Silas L. and Emma J. (Kehl) Miller. Preceded in death by her husband, Ralph M. Sr., Aug. 8, 1964, son Leroy E., who died Jan. 23, 1976; grandson Bruce M., who died May 13, 1976; brothers Floyd, Joseph, Clarence; and sister Ann Bastian. Survived by these children: Violet, wife of R. Clyde Thomas, Johnstown; Ralph M. Jr., married to Elaine Manges, Hollsopple RD 1; Millicent, married to Andrew Molchak, of Huntsburg, Ohio; Arthur, married to Marie Fuchino, and Lois, married to James Rodger, both of Hooversville RD 1; daughter-in-law, Anna Bloom, Alum Bank; 22 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Sister of: Mrs. Essie Noon, South Fork RD 1; Mrs. Sarah McVicker, Bellfonte [sic]; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Whitton of Willoughby, Ohio; and Mrs. Alda (Frank) Javos, Sidman RD 1. Member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Hooversville, and the Hooversville Senior Citizens. A retired dairy farmer. Viewing Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Thomas P. Read Funeral Home, the Rev. Gerald Myers officiating. Interment, Dunmyer Cemetery, Salix. Daily American, December 2, 1982 [B1791]