• Born: 10 April 1925, North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
• Marriage (1): Judy Kay THOMAS on 19 November 1983 in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA
• Died: 7 May 2004, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA at age 79
• Buried: 10 May 2004, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA

  General Notes

MURPHYSBORO —  Roger R. Blais, 79, of Murphysboro, died at 6 a.m. Friday, May 7, 2004, at home.

He was born April 10, 1925, in the state of Maine. He was a Navy veteran of World War II serving on the USS Alabama battleship. He was a Catholic. He was retired from SIUC.

He is survived by his wife, Dianna Blais of Murphysboro; a stepson; two sisters; and two granddaughters.  He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pleasant Grove Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel, with Father Gary Gummersheimer officiating. Military honors will be accorded by the American Legion, VFW and Disabled Veterans Honor Guard. Entombment will follow in the mausoleum. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel.

Crain Funeral Home Pleasant Grove Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

   —  Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, IL), Sunday, May 9, 2004, page 11; modified slightly for privacy of living indivduals, kmh.

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  Burial Notes

Mausoleum at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Parents: Joseph A. Blais, Jr. And Laura A. ?.

• He had a residence in 1993 in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA.

Roger married Judy Kay THOMAS, daughter of Elvin Edward THOMAS and Lena Cora MAGLONE, on 19 November 1983 in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA. (Judy Kay THOMAS was born on 21 June 1952 in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA, died on 2 February 1986 in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA ² and was buried in 1986 in Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois, USA.)