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Lillian Coles Bloch
was born in Brawley, CA. to Arthur Coles and Delia Pemberton Coles.
Following her brother‚s death in 1918, the family moved
to St. Louis, MO where she studied and played the piano and organ.
She was a board member of the Little Symphony of St. Louis for
18 years. She met her husband, Hans George Bloch, there. She helped
him start and grow his advertising and marketing company. They
had two sons, Roy Stephen and Ronald Martin.. In the 1960‚s,
she attended college and earned her Bachelors at Avila College
and Masters in Social Work at Kansas University while working
full-time at Ozanam Boys Home. She practiced Psychotherapy in
Kansas City and Flint MI.In 1983, she moved to the Boston area
to be close and supportive to Ron and his two children. She became
very active in the Christian Science Church as a Librarian, Reader,
Volunteer, and worked and retired in 2002 from the Chestnut Hill
Benevolent Association and Daystar Assisted Living where she was
Assistant Director. Her travels took her to the Caribbean, South
America, Hawaii, Panama, the Holy Land and across the states.She
is remembered as a loving, caring, kind, generous, strong and
JOYOUS person; an avid reader; church organ and piano player;
and always learning, including taking organ and Tai-Chi lessons
last year.
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