OBIT:  Alma Mae (BLOCHER) DODGE, 1998, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA
  
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  DODGE
  
    Alma Mae (Blocher) Dodge, 83, of Salisbury, died Dec. 8, 1998 at 
  Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Md. Born Dec. 6 1915, in Salisbury, she was 
  a daughter of the late Aden and Mildred Ruth (Hawn) Blocher. Also 
  preceded in death by her husband, Reuben E. Dodge, on Jan. 29, 1996; 3 
  brothers: Glenn, Roy and Fred Blocher, and 2 sisters: Vesta Blocher and 
  Grace Brown. Mrs. Dodge had been employed by the Acme Markets and was a 
  member of St. John's Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church Women. She is 
  survived by 3 sisters: Mary Harris, Havre de Grace, Md.: Margie 
  Tressler, Salisbury: Jean Holler, Hyndman; 3 sisters-in-law: Mildred Blocher, 
  Salisbury; Lois Blocher, Mobile, Ala., Sue Blocher, Conyers, Ga., and a 
  number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 
  p.m. Thursday at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., Grantsville, Md., 
  where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, with the Rev. David E. 
  Fetter officiating. Interment, Salisbury Cemetery. Expressions of 
  sympathy may be directed to the American Heart Association.
  
  Daily American, December 10, 1998
  
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