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The Life of MERLE A BLAIR

Merle A Blair, 78, of 2759 E Washington Ave. died of cancer Saturday at Iowa Lutheran Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hamilton''''s Funeral Home, with burial at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Blair was born in Egypt, IA and hlived in Des Moines more than 50 years. He was a retired maintenance welder at Ford Implement and a member of the United Auto Workers. Survivors include his wife, Bernice, three duaghters, Sharon Murray and Roseana Wilcox, both of Des Moines, and Barbara Oden of Carlisle; three brothers, Harold of Des Moines, Paul of Cincinnati, IA, and James of Kemp, TX; two sisters, Louise Foster and Pauline McNeff, both of Cincinnati; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.

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