OBIT: Robert Blackmer LOCKLIN, Sr., 1999, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LOCKLIN
  
  Robert Blackmer Locklin Sr., 94, died Sept. 4, 1999 at Meadow View
  Nursing Center, Berlin.  Formerly of Peters Township, Washington
  County, he was born April 4, 1905, in Green Bay, Wis., the son of the
  late Lewis and Julia (Kempton) Locklin.  Also preceded in death by his
  wife, Henriette (Ralph) and brothers Lawrence and Howard.  Survived by
  children: Jane L. Reimers of Pittsburgh, Robert B. Locklin Jr. of
  Champion, Margaret L. Groninger of Pittsburgh, Ralph H. Locklin of
  Bellefonte, John H. Locklin of Silver Spring, Md.; 14 grandchildren
  and nine great-great-grandchildren.  Member of St. Paul's
  Presbyterian Church, Somerset.  Graduated from Lawrence College. 
  Received electrical engineering degree from University of
  Minnesota.  Worked for Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Trafford and
  Pittsburgh.  Longtime resident of Peters Township.  Was deacon, elder
  and charter member at Westminster Prebyterian Church in Upper St.
  Clair.  Longtime member of McMurray Lions Club and served as Boy
  Scout leader.  A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in
  St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Keith Fink
  officiating.  A reception will follow in the church's Grove Room.  In
  lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the
  "Scholarship Fund" in care of Laurel Arts, P.O. Box 414, Somerset, Pa.
  15501.  Arrangements under the direction of the Robert H. Halverson
  Funeral Home.
  
  Daily American, 7 September 1999 
  
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