The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, October 7, 1995              TAG: 9510070196
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SEAFORD                            LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

MATTIE B. BLAHA

Mattie Bridgers Blaha, 72, of 202 Grace St., died Thursday, Oct. 5, 1995, in Riverside Hospital, Newport News.

She is survived by her husband, Rudolph L. Blaha of the home; one daughter, Mary Jane Blaha of Fredericksburg, Va.; and one brother, William T. Bridgers of Conway, N.C.

Friends will be received by the family from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at Crooks Memorial United Methodist Church, Yorktown, where services will be held at 11 a.m. today with the Rev. George B. Neas officiating. Burial will follow in the Conway Cemetery, Conway, at 3 p.m.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to Crooks Memorial United Methodist Church Building Fund, 204 Cook Road, Yorktown, Va. 23690. Bridgers Funeral Home, Conway, in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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