Oscar Oblock
Oscar “Whitey” Oblock, 89, of Cecil, died Friday, November 9, 2012, in Center for Compassionate Care, Mt. Lebanon.
He was born July 28, 1923, in Bridgeville, son of the late Matthew and Mary Urbanic Oblock.
He was a 1941 graduate of Cecil High School.
Sgt. Oblock served 33 months in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was involved in the invasion of Okinawa.
He was a member of McDonald Veterans of Foreign Wars, Teamsters Local 249 and South Fayette Senior Citizens who enjoyed traveling, visiting the casino and attending Marine Corps reunions.
He worked for his father as a farm hand on the Oblock farm in Venice and owned it from 1966 to 1977. He retired as a concrete truck driver for Frank Bryan Co., Pittsburgh. He also worked for Silhol in Bridgeville and Dravo Co. in Pittsburgh.
Surviving are his wife, Alice Ayres Oblock of Cecil; a son, Terry (Tami) Oblock of McDonald; a daughter-in-law, Carol Oblock of Canonsburg; two grandchildren, Matt (Sylvia) Oblock of Cecil and Lindsay (Bill) Jiblits of Waynesburg; and four great-grandchildren, Matthew, Anna and Katie Oblock and Zachary Jiblits.
He was the last of his immediate family. Deceased are four brothers, John, Matthew, Thomas and Edward Oblock, and three sisters, Mary Noark, Frances Strupek and Angeline Fuhrer.
Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Coleman-Taylor Funeral Services, 3378 Millers Run Road (Route 50), Cecil, where service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 15, with Pastor Doris Sawhill officiating.
Interment will follow in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Cecil Township.
Contributions may be made to the Marines Toys for Tots program.