Dad was raised by his uncle John McCollum on the farm in Tippery, Pa. He worked for Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. in Franklin and owned Blairs Tractor Sales for many years. Served on European Theater in WW II in the 9th and then the 8th Batt. of the ____. His company received a Presidential citation for taking and holding the Bridge of Remagen. He is a 32nd degree Mason and Presbyterian. He moved to Fort Myers Florida in late 1980's.

Oil City Derrick, 20 June 2011
Leroy L. "Roy" Blair, age 93, died Saturday June 18, 2001 at the Caring Place in Franklin. He was born on February 12, 1918 at the Blair family home on Front Street in Oil City, the son of George Allen and Francis Cynthia (McCollum) Blair.
Following the death of his mother in the 1920 flu epidemic he was raised by his uncle Jonathan and aunt Charlotte (Coleman) McCollum at Tippery. He was a graduate of Cranberry High School. Following High School he farmed at Tippery until enlisting in World War II.
He served in the European Theater from 1944 to1945 with the 27th armored infantry battalion of the 9th armored division and then 8th armored division. He took part in Battle of Remagen Bridge for which the unit received a presidential medal. His company also liberated the Belsen Belsen Concentration Camp which he said was by far the worst thing he saw during the war and he hoped would be the worst thing he would ever see in this world.
After the war he was employed at the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company in Franklin from which he retired with 39 years of service. He also owned and operated the Blair's Tractor Sales on the Bredinsburg Road for many years.
He enjoyed playing cards, smoking his pipe, watching NASCAR and having Sunday breakfast with "the boys" at Kings Restaurant. Due to failing health he had been a resident of the Caring Place on 13th Street for the past few years.
He was a 32nd degree member of the Myrtle Lodge #316 of the F. and A.M. and member of the New Castle Consistory. He was an active member of the Cranberry Township and Fort Myers (Florida) Lions Clubs and a former Deacon and member of the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin. He was also a founding member of the Seneca Volunteer Fire Department in his younger years.
He married on February 14, 1943 to Jean Margaret Runninger who preceded him in death on August 2, 1985. Following the death of his wife, he retired to Fort Myers, Florida where he remarried on 18 Mar 1990 to Hazel Pauline Pennington Flannery. She preceded him in death on 25 Oct 2000. He was also preceded in death by brothers Jonathan and Victor and sisters Elsie Nunn and Helen Byham. He was the last member of his immediate family.
He is survived by three daughters and one son and two step children. He also was survived by 8 grandchildren