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     Homer Blair Mace was born on 18 January 1912, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.² He married Minnie Mable Lahr, daughter of Henry Lahr, on 14 September 1935, Dauphin County, PA.^1,3 Homer Blair Mace died on 18 March 1963, Millersburg RD, Dauphin County, PA, at age 51.²
Newspaper obituary:
Homer Mace, 51, Of Millersburg
Homer B. Mace, 51, died at his home on Millersburg RD early this morning.
He was born Jan. 18, 1912, at Gratz, the son of the late James F. and Erma Weiss Mace.
Mr. Mace was a member of Simeon's Lutheran Church, Gratz. Surviving are his Mrs. Minnie Lahr Mace; six sons, William and Kenneth, both of Millersburg RD; Mark, Terry, Carl and Dale, all at home; three grandchildren and the following sisters and brothers, Charles Mace, Mrs. Clark Neubaum, Millersburg; Chester, Hegins R.D; Allen, James and Herbert Mace, Spring Glen; Mrs. Ray Wagner, Blain; Mrs. Marlin Straub, Lykens RD, and Mrs. Robert Shade, Mechanicsburg.
Services will be held from Reed funeral home, Pillow, Friday at 2 p.m., in charge of his pastor, Rev. W. Z. Artz, Elizabethville. Burial will be in Gratz Union cemetery.
Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.
The Daily Item, March 18, 1963, Page 17.²
He was buried at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.⁴

     Minnie Mable Lahr was born on 30 July 1914, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.^4,5 She was the daughter of Henry Lahr.³ Minnie Mable Lahr married Homer Blair Mace on 14 September 1935, Dauphin County, PA.^1,3 Minnie Mable Lahr died on 16 November 1995, Community Hospital, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, at age 81.⁴ She was buried at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.^4,5