Ralph E. Blaker Jr., 77, of Carmichaels, died at 7:12 a.m. Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Rolling Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation, Waynesburg.
He was born March 9, 1936, in Cumberland Township. He was a son of the late Ralph Eaton Blaker Sr. and Garnet Elizabeth Dugan Buckingham and a stepson of the late Sherman Buckingham.
Mr. Blaker was a U.S. Army veteran and a 1957 graduate of Cumberland Township High School in Carmichaels. He resided in Cumberland Township most of his life.
He was a member of Carmichaels Grange 1389 and had worked as a top man in coal mine construction for R.G. Johnson Co.
Mr. Blaker enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, yard work, caring for horses and listening to polka music.
He showed unconditional love for his wife, children and grandchildren.
On August 17, 1963, he married Dolores J. Yoders, who died March 14, 2004.
Surviving are a son, Mark E. Blaker and wife Hope of Dilliner; two daughters, Lisa B. Mitchell and husband Greg of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Lori A. Webster of Carmichaels; six grandchildren, Kristie Tramel and husband Pat, Michael Bizub and wife Amanda, Kaitlin and Garrett Mitchell and Emily and Madison Blaker; two great-grandchildren, Lauren and Brooklyn; several nieces and nephews; and three sisters-in-law, Joan Fuller and husband Bill, Helen Yoders and Emma Schubert and husband Duke.
Deceased are a son-in-law, Ronald Webster, and a brother-in-law, J.R. Yoders.
Family and friends are welcome from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Yoskovich Funeral Home, 724-966-5500, Martin J. Yoskovich, funeral director, 300 South Vine Street (Route 88), Carmichaels, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12. The Rev. Harold O. Kelley will officiate. Interment will follow in Greene County Memorial Park, Morgan Township, with military honors accorded by Cumberland American Legion Post 400, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 and the U.S. Army. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to a charity of the donor's choice. For additional information and to sign a guest book, please visit www.YoskovichFH.com.
He was born March 9, 1936, in Cumberland Township. He was a son of the late Ralph Eaton Blaker Sr. and Garnet Elizabeth Dugan Buckingham and a stepson of the late Sherman Buckingham.
Mr. Blaker was a U.S. Army veteran and a 1957 graduate of Cumberland Township High School in Carmichaels. He resided in Cumberland Township most of his life.
He was a member of Carmichaels Grange 1389 and had worked as a top man in coal mine construction for R.G. Johnson Co.
Mr. Blaker enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, yard work, caring for horses and listening to polka music.
He showed unconditional love for his wife, children and grandchildren.
On August 17, 1963, he married Dolores J. Yoders, who died March 14, 2004.
Surviving are a son, Mark E. Blaker and wife Hope of Dilliner; two daughters, Lisa B. Mitchell and husband Greg of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Lori A. Webster of Carmichaels; six grandchildren, Kristie Tramel and husband Pat, Michael Bizub and wife Amanda, Kaitlin and Garrett Mitchell and Emily and Madison Blaker; two great-grandchildren, Lauren and Brooklyn; several nieces and nephews; and three sisters-in-law, Joan Fuller and husband Bill, Helen Yoders and Emma Schubert and husband Duke.
Deceased are a son-in-law, Ronald Webster, and a brother-in-law, J.R. Yoders.
Family and friends are welcome from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Yoskovich Funeral Home, 724-966-5500, Martin J. Yoskovich, funeral director, 300 South Vine Street (Route 88), Carmichaels, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12. The Rev. Harold O. Kelley will officiate. Interment will follow in Greene County Memorial Park, Morgan Township, with military honors accorded by Cumberland American Legion Post 400, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 and the U.S. Army. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to a charity of the donor's choice. For additional information and to sign a guest book, please visit www.YoskovichFH.com.
Ralph E. Blaker Jr., 77, of Carmichaels, died at 7:12 a.m. Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Rolling Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation, Waynesburg.
He was born March 9, 1936, in Cumberland Township. He was a son of the late Ralph Eaton Blaker Sr. and Garnet Elizabeth Dugan Buckingham and a stepson of the late Sherman Buckingham.
Mr. Blaker was a U.S. Army veteran and a 1957 graduate of Cumberland Township High School in Carmichaels. He resided in Cumberland Township most of his life.
He was a member of Carmichaels Grange 1389 and had worked as a top man in coal mine construction for R.G. Johnson Co.
Mr. Blaker enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, yard work, caring for horses and listening to polka music.
He showed unconditional love for his wife, children and grandchildren.
On August 17, 1963, he married Dolores J. Yoders, who died March 14, 2004.
Surviving are a son, Mark E. Blaker and wife Hope of Dilliner; two daughters, Lisa B. Mitchell and husband Greg of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Lori A. Webster of Carmichaels; six grandchildren, Kristie Tramel and husband Pat, Michael Bizub and wife Amanda, Kaitlin and Garrett Mitchell and Emily and Madison Blaker; two great-grandchildren, Lauren and Brooklyn; several nieces and nephews; and three sisters-in-law, Joan Fuller and husband Bill, Helen Yoders and Emma Schubert and husband Duke.
Deceased are a son-in-law, Ronald Webster, and a brother-in-law, J.R. Yoders.
Family and friends are welcome from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Yoskovich Funeral Home, 724-966-5500, Martin J. Yoskovich, funeral director, 300 South Vine Street (Route 88), Carmichaels, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12. The Rev. Harold O. Kelley will officiate. Interment will follow in Greene County Memorial Park, Morgan Township, with military honors accorded by Cumberland American Legion Post 400, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 and the U.S. Army. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to a charity of the donor's choice. For additional information and to sign a guest book, please visit www.YoskovichFH.com.
He was born March 9, 1936, in Cumberland Township. He was a son of the late Ralph Eaton Blaker Sr. and Garnet Elizabeth Dugan Buckingham and a stepson of the late Sherman Buckingham.
Mr. Blaker was a U.S. Army veteran and a 1957 graduate of Cumberland Township High School in Carmichaels. He resided in Cumberland Township most of his life.
He was a member of Carmichaels Grange 1389 and had worked as a top man in coal mine construction for R.G. Johnson Co.
Mr. Blaker enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, yard work, caring for horses and listening to polka music.
He showed unconditional love for his wife, children and grandchildren.
On August 17, 1963, he married Dolores J. Yoders, who died March 14, 2004.
Surviving are a son, Mark E. Blaker and wife Hope of Dilliner; two daughters, Lisa B. Mitchell and husband Greg of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Lori A. Webster of Carmichaels; six grandchildren, Kristie Tramel and husband Pat, Michael Bizub and wife Amanda, Kaitlin and Garrett Mitchell and Emily and Madison Blaker; two great-grandchildren, Lauren and Brooklyn; several nieces and nephews; and three sisters-in-law, Joan Fuller and husband Bill, Helen Yoders and Emma Schubert and husband Duke.
Deceased are a son-in-law, Ronald Webster, and a brother-in-law, J.R. Yoders.
Family and friends are welcome from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Yoskovich Funeral Home, 724-966-5500, Martin J. Yoskovich, funeral director, 300 South Vine Street (Route 88), Carmichaels, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12. The Rev. Harold O. Kelley will officiate. Interment will follow in Greene County Memorial Park, Morgan Township, with military honors accorded by Cumberland American Legion Post 400, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 and the U.S. Army. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to a charity of the donor's choice. For additional information and to sign a guest book, please visit www.YoskovichFH.com.
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