Dorothy Lucille Blazer, age 95, lifetime resident of Hegins,
passed away Friday August 12. She spent the last year of her
life in Virginia in her daughter Cherie's care and passed with
family by her side. She was born on March 31, 1927, in Hegins,
the youngest daughter of Harrison and Ethel (Maurer) Willier.
Dorothy graduated from then Hegins Township High School in
1944. Blessed with a beautiful soprano singing voice, she
moved to Philadelphia to study music and apply to the Curtis
Institute. While wartime and financial considerations detoured
this dream, she graced her church and special family occasions
with song all the rest of her life.
Her parents moved briefly to State College during her high
school years. When she returned a few years later to this
community, she met her future husband. She married Harold
Leroy Blazer of State College June of 1948 and they celebrated
63 years of marriage prior to Harold's passing in 2011.
A few years after their marriage, Harold and Dorothy took over
her parents' farm on Orchard Road in Hegins. They fostered the
young orchard that had been planted there, expanding it over
the years and creating a successful orchard, farm, farm market
and bakery which they, each of their children, as well as
Dorothy's parents built as a close-knit family enterprise.
Dorothy's greatest sources of pride were the growth and
success of Blazer Orchards and the children she and Harold
raised there.

In addition to Harold, she was preceeded in death by her parents; her brother Alfred Willier; sister Elizabeth Smeltz; and
daughter Lori Lee, who passed in 1965.
She is survived by
children Dr. Bonnie Blazer Yost (Robert); Dr. Vicki Blazer; Keith
Blazer (Nancy); Kurt Blazer; and Cherie Blazer Troisi (Robert)--as
well as 6 grandchildren: Steven, Laurie, Christopher, Benjamin,
Michelle, and Alexandra, and 5 great grandchildren: Gavin,
Hudson, Finn, Sawyer, and Bonnie-Ann.
She was a lifetime member of Friedens United Church of Christ,
Hegins, where she was active in the church choir for decades.
After retiring, Dorothy and Harold realized a long-standing
dream of traveling the world on various trips, cruises, and visits
with children who were living abroad during their careers.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Friedens United Church
of Christ, 522 East Chestnut Street Hegins 17983 on Saturday,
August 20, 2022, at 10:00 am, with Rev. Michael Klahr
officiating.
Condolences can be left for the family
at www.buffingtonreed.com .