OBIT: Martin V. BLOUGH, 1981, Hollsopple RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BLOUGH
  
  Martin V. Blough, 83, of Hollsopple RD 1, Jenner Township, died July 20,
  1981, in the Somerset Community Hospital.  Born March 1, 1898, on home farm
  in Jenner Township, son of John A. and Emma Jayne (Gashaw) Blough.  Preceded
  in death by parents; daughter Genevieve "Dolly," died December 1946; sister
  Noami (Hoderman); and brother the Rev. Harry C. Blough.  Survived by wife,
  Ada Burle (Yoder) Blough;, these children:  Vernon, married to Betty
  Gastiger of Friedens RD 2; Jayne, wife of William Moss, Hollsopple RD 2;
  Norma, wife of Vance "Tucker" Sloan, both of Boswell RD 1; John, married to
  Arbutis Eash, and James, both of Hollsopple RD 1; 17 grandchildren and 7
  great-grandchildren.  Brother of:  Nora Yoder, Paul and Merl, all of
  Hollsopple RD; Edith Weaver and Irma Black, both of Florida; Ruth
  Stoltzfus, Lancaster.  Lifetime member of Blough Mennonite Church.  Death
  breaks union of 59 years.  Lifelong and prominent farmer of Jenner
  Township.  Family receiving friends 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and 2-4 p.m. and 7-9
  p.m. Wednesday at the George E. Mason Funeral Home in Davidsville.  Funeral
  services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Blough Mennonite
  Church where the remains will lie in state from 9:30 a.m. Thursday until
  the time of service, the Rev. Sanford Shetler, Carroll Ringgold and David
  Mishler.  Interment, church cemetery.  Brief prayer services at Blough
  residence at 10:30 a.m. prior to service.
  
  Daily American, July 21, 1981
  
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