Bess Blake, 1896-1984

BLAKE, MOORE

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/24/2009 at 19:44:14

ESTHERVILLE--Service for Mrs. Leon (Bess) Blake, 87, of Estherville will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church in Estherville with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery in Estherville.

Mrs. Blake died Wednesday morning in her home. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today at Henry and Olson Funeral Home in Estherville and one hour prior to services at the church.

Bess Moore was born Jan. 25, 1896, at Rock Island, Ill. She graduated from high school at Rock Island and graduated from Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind. She married Leon Blake Nov. 6, 1913, at Terre Haute. They moved to Estherville in 1920. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Estherville.

Survivors include her husband, Leon of Estherville; one sister, Mrs. Lillian Scayles of Des Moines, Iowa.

Instead of flowers, the family requests memorials.

Source: Fairmont Sentinel, Fairmont, Minnesota, January 12, 1984.