The funeral service for Hugh Burton Blaser, age 83, will be at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, November 2, 2006, at Garber First Baptist Church, with Pastor Tom LeGrand officiating.  Burial will be in the Garber Cemetery with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. 

            He was born to Steven F. and Silver Bryan “Sisson” Blaser on September 14, 1923, in Garber, and died Monday, October 30, 2006, in Enid. 

            Hugh grew up in Garber and attended Garber schools.  He then served in the United States Army.  On December 8, 1948, he married Dorothy L. Wood in Enid, and they made their home in Garber.  He was employed at Long’s John Deere as a mechanic and also was a farmer.  Hugh was a member of First Baptist Church in Garber, where he served as a deacon and treasurer for forty years.  He enjoyed woodworking.

            He is survived by three daughters, Linda Farr, Elaine Voth and husband Dale, and Peggy Froese and husband Mike, all of Enid; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Marjorie Rowton of Haysville, KS, and Mary Tigert of Altus, OK.

            Hugh was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, son –in-law Fred Farr, and four  brothers.