Submitted by: Dan Rich

Robert A. Blake

Dec. 30, 1929 - Feb. 18, 1995

South Bend Tribune 3/16/1995

MISHAWAKA - Robert A. Blake, 65, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Mishawaka, died Feb. 18 in Bay Front Medical Center, St. Petersburg. Mr. Blake retired in 1992 from the South Bend Waste Water Department after 17 years of service. He was born Dec. 30, 1929, in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and lived in South Bend until 1992.

On Sept. 25, 1993, in Mishawaka, he married Anna Katona. She survives with a stepdaughter, Sheri McClurg of Mishawaka; four stepsons, Joseph, Keith and Pat Sauer, all of Mishawaka, and Tom Dehlinger of Wilmington, N.C.; 10 grandchildren; two sisters, Marilyn Pletcher of South Bend and Diane Rudisel of Terre Haute, Ind.; and a brother, Richard of South Bend. He was a veteran of the Navy.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in St. Andrew's United Church of Christ, Mishawaka. Cremation has taken place. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. There will be no visitation. National Cremation Society, Largo, Fla., handled arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc. or the church.