Oscar F. Blose, merchant and councilman, of Allentown, was born in Heidelberg township, Jan 12, 1870. He lived upon the farm until he was twenty-one years old. In 1891, he came to Allentown and worked in a grocery store until he accepted a clerkship with Koch Bros. In whose employ he remained until 1900, when he engaged in the mercantile business at Eleventh and Linden Streets. He conducts a dry goods, notions, and grocery business, employing four clerks. As a Republican, he was elected to the school board for three years, and In Nov. 1911, he was elected a common councilman of the Seventh Ward. He and family were members of Trinity Reformed Church, which he served as deacon and trustee; later they connected themselves with Zion's Reformed Church. Fraternally, he is a member of Greenleaf Lodge, No 561, F. and A. M., St James Commandery, No 68, Knights of Malta, Constantine Lodge No 1113, I.O.O.F., and the I.O.U. A. M. In 1897, he married Belle Boyer, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Mickley) Boyer of Red Lyon, Berks County.