THE PARIS NEWS, May 23, 2003: 'Norman A. Blower, 80, of Paris died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, in Dubuis Hospital in Paris. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24, in Evergreen Cemetery with the Rev. Byron Howard officiating. Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. The family has invited family and friends to the Blower residence following the services. He was born June 16, 1922, in Polk County, Fla. He married Norma Jane Meeks on Aug. 18, 1978, in Paris. He was a veteran of World War II serving as a pilot with the 5th Wing of the 15th Air Force, 301st Bombing Group. From 1943-1945 his bomb group was credited with the 96 percent destruction of Hitler's Plosti Oil Fields and the supporting refineries in and around Vienna, Austria. They were significant for stopping Hitler's oil supply at the cost of almost 100 percent sustained losses. He was awarded five combat battle stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. The 301st was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation three times by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and he had achieved the rank of captain at the time of his honorable discharge. He was an architect and an Episcopalian. He was preceded in death by his wife, Norma Jane Blower on Feb. 25, 2002. Survivors include his son, John Kevin Blower of Las Vegas, Nev.; four stepchildren, Shawna Blake and husband, Wade, of Powderly, Susan Villarreal and husband, Raul, of Richmond, Brenda Hardy and husband, Stan, of Ozwakie, Kan. and Jimmy Gann and wife, Kathy, of Paris; and grandchildren, Laura, Rachel, Daniel, Jason, Katrina, Fillip, Bradley, Abbey and Gracie.'
THE PARIS NEWS, May 23, 2003: 'Norman A. Blower, 80, of Paris died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, in Dubuis Hospital in Paris. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24, in Evergreen Cemetery with the Rev. Byron Howard officiating. Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. The family has invited family and friends to the Blower residence following the services. He was born June 16, 1922, in Polk County, Fla. He married Norma Jane Meeks on Aug. 18, 1978, in Paris. He was a veteran of World War II serving as a pilot with the 5th Wing of the 15th Air Force, 301st Bombing Group. From 1943-1945 his bomb group was credited with the 96 percent destruction of Hitler's Plosti Oil Fields and the supporting refineries in and around Vienna, Austria. They were significant for stopping Hitler's oil supply at the cost of almost 100 percent sustained losses. He was awarded five combat battle stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. The 301st was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation three times by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and he had achieved the rank of captain at the time of his honorable discharge. He was an architect and an Episcopalian. He was preceded in death by his wife, Norma Jane Blower on Feb. 25, 2002. Survivors include his son, John Kevin Blower of Las Vegas, Nev.; four stepchildren, Shawna Blake and husband, Wade, of Powderly, Susan Villarreal and husband, Raul, of Richmond, Brenda Hardy and husband, Stan, of Ozwakie, Kan. and Jimmy Gann and wife, Kathy, of Paris; and grandchildren, Laura, Rachel, Daniel, Jason, Katrina, Fillip, Bradley, Abbey and Gracie.'
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