Floyd Bless

Floyd G. Bless, Sr., 98, of Quakertown, died Sunday, July 21 in Phoebe-Richland Health Care Center, Richlandtown. He was the husband of the late Evelyn (Phipps) Bless. He attended Penn State where he studied industrial engineering and worked as a design engineer for Lansdale Tube, now Visteon, Inc., Lansdale for over 35 years before retiring in 1978. He first operated a dairy farm and he and his wife, developed and operated the former Evergreens Golf Course, Quakertown. He was an active member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Richlandtown, where he served on church council and had chaired the elevator and kitchen renovation committees. He was a former member of the Silverdale Vol. Fire Co. Surviving are sons, Floyd G., Jr., wife Joan, Richlandtown, Howard P., wife Marcia, Hellertown, daughter, Evelyn B. Bickley, husband Barry, Charlotte, NC, 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces & nephews. Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Sat. July 27, in the Jeffrey A. Naugle Funeral & Cremation Service, 135 W. Pumping Station Rd., Quakertown. Call 10 -11 AM Sat. in the funeral home. Interment Richlandtown Union Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the church at P.O. Box 459, Richlandtown, PA 18955.