Bledsoe, John Junior

BLEDSOE, NICHOLS, BURL, PRESCOTT

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/27/2013 at 23:13:15

John Junior Bledsoe, 84, of 523 10th Ave. N, Clear Lake, Iowa, died Tuesday,
Dec. 18, 2012 at home.

Due to his wishes he will be cremated and a memorial graveside service will be
held at a later time in the Clear Lake Cemetery. Family suggest memorials to
John Junior Bledsoe Memorial Fund c/o his daughter Donna Prescott, 46117 212th
Ave., Lake Mills, Iowa 50450

John was born Oct. 10, 1928 in Hartville, Mo., the son of John Adison and Pearl
Gean (Nichols) Bledsoe.

John married Patricia (Pat) Burl Neal on Dec. 28, 1946 in Mountain Home, Ark. He
and Pat had five children.

He worked at the Clear Lake Bakery for 37 years.

John and Pat loved to garden, camp and fish with family and friends, and to
bargain hunt at garage sales. He was a life-long tinkerer, often buying and
repairing items to be resold at their own garage sales. He enjoyed woodworking
and was an avid fan of professional wrestling.

John is survived by his four children, Roger A. Bledsoe and wife, Nancy, of Coon
Rapids, Minn.; Donna S. Prescott and husband, Marvin of Lake Mills, Iowa; John
David Bledsoe and wife, Barbara, of Galesburg, Ill., and Linda M. Dickersbach
and husband, Steven, of Malvern, Iowa; daughter-in-law, Kathy Bledsoe, Clear
Lake; his brother, Richard Bledsoe, Hartville, Mo.; and numerous grandchildren,
great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife and parents; his three sisters, Carrie
Belle Ryan, Anna Mae Blanton and Mary June Bledsoe; his brother, Harold Bledsoe;
and his son, Steven Bledsoe.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.