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Melvin G Blessel

Melvin G Blessel

Male 1949 - 2000  (50 years)


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  • Name Melvin G Blessel  [1] 
    Birth 17 Sep 1949  St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 May 2000  Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I158  Branches and Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

    Father George Henry Blessel,   b. 1 Oct 1917, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1982, Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ruby Glendora Horner,   b. 23 Nov 1918, Brockport, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1999, Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1 May 1942  St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
      Name: Melvin G. Blessel
      SSN: 195-40-7546
      Last Residence: 15834 Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA
      BORN: 17 Sep 1949
      Died: 11 May 2000
      State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1965-1966)
      Source Citation: Number: 195-40-7546; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1965-1966.

      MELVIN BLESSELFriday, May 12, 2000
      Melvin Blessel, 50, of Rich Valley Road, Emporium, died Thursday at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport, following a lengthy illness.
      He was born in St. Marys, son of the late George and Ruby Horner Blessel. On April 18, 1970 in Warren, he married Roberta J. Gore who survives.
      Mr. Blessel lived in Empoirium for 21 years and was a graduate of the St. Marys Area High School, class of 1967. along with his wife, he owned Furniture for Less in Emporium.
      In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Paul Blessel of Emporium; two grandchildren; two sisters; Joyce Schauer and Marilyn Secco, both of Kersey; a brother Kenneth Blessel of Englishtown, New Jersey; and several nieces and nephews.
      There will be no visitation.
      Family and friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial for Melvin G Blessel on Saturday at 11 a.m. in st. Boniface Church, Kersey, with the Rev John Kuzilla, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be made at a later date in Newton Cemetery.
      Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, or the American Heart Association. Arrangements are under the direction of the Edward Barnett Funeral Home.

      U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
      Name: Melvin G. Blessel
      SSN: 195-40-7546
      Last Residence: 15834 Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA
      BORN: 17 Sep 1949
      Died: 11 May 2000
      State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1965-1966)
      Source Citation: Number: 195-40-7546; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1965-1966.

      MELVIN BLESSELFriday, May 12, 2000
      Melvin Blessel, 50, of Rich Valley Road, Emporium, died Thursday at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport, following a lengthy illness.
      He was born in St. Marys, son of the late George and Ruby Horner Blessel. On April 18, 1970 in Warren, he married Roberta J. Gore who survives.
      Mr. Blessel lived in Empoirium for 21 years and was a graduate of the St. Marys Area High School, class of 1967. along with his wife, he owned Furniture for Less in Emporium.
      In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Paul Blessel of Emporium; two grandchildren; two sisters; Joyce Schauer and Marilyn Secco, both of Kersey; a brother Kenneth Blessel of Englishtown, New Jersey; and several nieces and nephews.
      There will be no visitation.
      Family and friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial for Melvin G Blessel on Saturday at 11 a.m. in st. Boniface Church, Kersey, with the Rev John Kuzilla, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be made at a later date in Newton Cemetery.
      Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, or the American Heart Association. Arrangements are under the direction of the Edward Barnett Funeral Home.
      U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
      Name: Melvin G. Blessel
      SSN: 195-40-7546
      Last Residence: 15834 Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA
      BORN: 17 Sep 1949
      Died: 11 May 2000
      State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1965-1966)
      Source Citation: Number: 195-40-7546; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1965-1966.

      MELVIN BLESSELFriday, May 12, 2000
      Melvin Blessel, 50, of Rich Valley Road, Emporium, died Thursday at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport, following a lengthy illness.
      He was born in St. Marys, son of the late George and Ruby Horner Blessel. On April 18, 1970 in Warren, he married Roberta J. Gore who survives.
      Mr. Blessel lived in Empoirium for 21 years and was a graduate of the St. Marys Area High School, class of 1967. along with his wife, he owned Furniture for Less in Emporium.
      In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Paul Blessel of Emporium; two grandchildren; two sisters; Joyce Schauer and Marilyn Secco, both of Kersey; a brother Kenneth Blessel of Englishtown, New Jersey; and several nieces and nephews.
      There will be no visitation.
      Family and friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial for Melvin G Blessel on Saturday at 11 a.m. in st. Boniface Church, Kersey, with the Rev John Kuzilla, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be made at a later date in Newton Cemetery.
      Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, or the American Heart Association. Arrangements are under the direction of the Edward Barnett Funeral Home.

      U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
      Name: Melvin G. Blessel
      SSN: 195-40-7546
      Last Residence: 15834 Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA
      BORN: 17 Sep 1949
      Died: 11 May 2000
      State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1965-1966)
      Source Citation: Number: 195-40-7546; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1965-1966.

      MELVIN BLESSELFriday, May 12, 2000
      Melvin Blessel, 50, of Rich Valley Road, Emporium, died Thursday at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport, following a lengthy illness.
      He was born in St. Marys, son of the late George and Ruby Horner Blessel. On April 18, 1970 in Warren, he married Roberta J. Gore who survives.
      Mr. Blessel lived in Empoirium for 21 years and was a graduate of the St. Marys Area High School, class of 1967. along with his wife, he owned Furniture for Less in Emporium.
      In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Paul Blessel of Emporium; two grandchildren; two sisters; Joyce Schauer and Marilyn Secco, both of Kersey; a brother Kenneth Blessel of Englishtown, New Jersey; and several nieces and nephews.
      There will be no visitation.
      Family and friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial for Melvin G Blessel on Saturday at 11 a.m. in st. Boniface Church, Kersey, with the Rev John Kuzilla, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be made at a later date in Newton Cemetery.
      Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, or the American Heart Association. Arrangements are under the direction of the Edward Barnett Funeral Home.

  • Sources 
    1. [S242] Staff, Unknown Publication: Obituaries, (Name: Unknown; Location: Unknown;), Blessel, George H.
      GEORGE BLESSEL DIED MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL
      FUNERAL MASS ON WEDNESDAY FOR KERSEY RESIDENT

      George H Blessel, 64, Hayes Road, Kersey, died at 4:50 p.m. yesterday in Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness.

      He was born October 1, 1917, in St. Marys, son of the late Albert and Appolonia Portzer Blessel. He was a US Army veteran of World war II, a member of the Fox Township Legion, and a retired employee of Stackpole Carbon Company.

      Surviving are his wife, the former Ruby Horner, whom he married May 1, 1942 in St. Marys Church; two daughters: Joyce, Mrs. Edward Krise; Marilyn, Mrs. LeRoy Secco, both of Kersey, two sons: Kenneth of Englishtown, NJ; Melvin of Emporium; and ten grandchildren.

      Also surviving are four sisters: Magdalene; Mrs. Thomas Portzer of Roanoke, VA; Martha, Mrs. John Brendlinger of Kersey; Louise, Mrs. Edward Feldbauer, and Angela, Mrs. Joseph Geiser of St. Marys.

      Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Mrs. Celesta Reading, Mrs. Teresa Michel; and a brother Benedict Blessel.

      Funeral mass, will full military rites, will be celebrated Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock in St. Boniface Church, Kersey. Internment will follow in the parish cemetery.

      There will be no visitation, but friends and relatives are invited to the mass. Donations can be made to the American Heart Association.

      The Lynch-Green Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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