Ruby Glendora Horner

1918 - 1999  (80 years)

• Name	Ruby Glendora Horner  [1]
  Birth	23 Nov 1918	Brockport, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Oct 1999	Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I2830	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family	George Henry Blessel,   b. 1 Oct 1917, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Mar 1982, Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1942	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Kenneth Blessel  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Joyce Blessel  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Marilyn Blessel  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Melvin G Blessel,   b. 17 Sep 1949, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 May 2000, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Ruby H. Blessel SSN: 190-10-9691 Last Residence: 15846 Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA BORN: 23 Nov 1918 Last Benefit: 15846 Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 29 Oct 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951) Source Citation: Number: 190-10-9691; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Ruby H. Blessel SSN: 190-10-9691 Last Residence: 15846 Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA BORN: 23 Nov 1918 Last Benefit: 15846 Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 29 Oct 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951) Source Citation: Number: 190-10-9691; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Ruby H. Blessel SSN: 190-10-9691 Last Residence: 15846 Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA BORN: 23 Nov 1918 Last Benefit: 15846 Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 29 Oct 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951) Source Citation: Number: 190-10-9691; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Ruby H. Blessel SSN: 190-10-9691 Last Residence: 15846 Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA BORN: 23 Nov 1918 Last Benefit: 15846 Kersey, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 29 Oct 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951) Source Citation: Number: 190-10-9691; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. Unknown Publication or Source