Carl E. Blank

April 9, 1922 - October 2, 2015

Carl E. Blank, 93, of New Sewickley Twp., passed away Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, in Cranberry. Born April 9, 1922, in New Sewickley Twp., a son of the late C. Edward and Edith F. Ruckert Blank, he was a retired mail carrier with the Freedom Post Office and had also served as postal clerk. He was a member of the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, New Sewickley Twp., where he was a former council member and Elder. He also held various officer positions in the congregation and was with the church building committee in 1993. He was a member for 73 years with the Big Knob Grange and served as an officer with the state and county level of the grange. Carl was also a member of the Pomona Grange. He had served on the New Sewickley Township Planning Commission Board for 49 years, retiring in 2008 and was chairman of the Big Knob Fair for 40 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, whom he married Feb. 28, 1942, Frances G. Leonberg Blank, in 2007; a son, Ronald L. Blank, and four brothers, Arthur, Elmer, Donald and Floyd Blank. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Cathy J. and Tim Goble, New Sewickley Twp.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert L. and Barbara Blank, New Sewickley Twp. and David C. and Charlene Blank, Lewisburg, TN; eight grandchildren, Jeffrey Blank and his wife, Jennifer, Connoquenessing; Jason Blank and his wife, Jodi, New Sewickley Township; Lori Garza and her husband, Robert, Murfreesboro, TN; Robin Malinak and her husband, Paul, Lewisburg, TN; Daniel Huber and his wife, Nicole, New Sewickley Twp.; Susan Boyd and her husband, Phil, Pulaski Twp.; Bryan Goble and his fiancée, Lacey, Patterson Heights; and Joshua Goble and his wife, Ashley, Daugherty Twp.; 14 great-grandchildren, Mikayla Blank, Owen Blank, and Grace Ann Blank, all of Connoquenessing; Colton and Morgan Blank, and Nicholas and Lily Huber, all of New Sewickley Twp.; Kian Lucente and Kalea Garza, Murfreesboro, TN; Rylee and Maci Malinak, Lewisburg, TN; and Kayley, Jackson and McKensie Goble, Daugherty Twp.; three sisters, Norma Grommes, Port St. Lucie, FL; Ruth Rose, New Sewickley Twp. and Thelma Miller, Conneaut Lake, PA; two sisters-in-law, Betty Leonberg, Evans City and Donna Pegher, Portersville; numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Monday from 3 to 8 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester, and Tuesday from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. in the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, New Sewickley Twp. Officiating will be Rev. Roger Nuerge, Chaplain of Concordia. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family wishes memorial contributions be made to the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 60 Rochester Road, Rochester, PA 15074.