BLAKELEY, Charles 1890 - 1984

BLAKELEY, TURNHAM, NOTT, GRAY, CARLSON, MYERS, BRERETON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:28

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Tuesday, July 17, 1984
Page 10, Column 1

BLAKELEY rites set Thursday

Charles BLAKELEY, 94, lifetime resident of Jefferson County, died at 5:15 p.m. at his home, 503 W. Jefferson.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Faith Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Vaughan officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

There will be open visitation and memorials may be made to the Faith Baptist Church and the American Lung Association.

BLAKELEY had been employed at the Fairfield Post Office for 30 years prior to his retirement.

Charles BLAKELEY was born May 11, 1890, in Jefferson County. He was the son of Oscar and Clara TURNAM (sic - TURNHAM) BLAKELEY. He married Zella NOTT June 27, 1912. She died Aug. 1, 1958 (sic - Oct. 1, 1958).

His marriage to Etta GRAY took place Jan. 25, 1964. She survives.

He is also survived by a son, William BLAKELEY, Bettendorf; two daughters, Doris CARLSON, Whittier, Calif., Barbara MYERS, Fairfield; a stepson, Al GRAY who resides in Pennsylvania.

Other survivors include six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; a sister, Lula BRERETON, Sigourney; and a brother, Carl BLAKELEY, Yuma, Ariz. He was preceded in death by eight brothers and a sister.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Wednesday, July 18, 1984
Page 16, Column 4

BLAKELEY rites

Funeral services for Charles BLAKELEY who died Monday will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Faith Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Vaughan officiating.

BLAKELEY was preceded in death by a son, Everett, whose name was omitted in the article which appeared in Tuesday's Ledger.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Friday, August 3, 1984
Page 7, Columns 3 and 4

NOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JEFFERSON COUNTY.

IN THE ESTATE OF CHARLES BLAKELEY, DECEASED.

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF CHARLES BLAKELEY, DECEASED, WHO DIED ON OR ABOUT JULY 16, 1984:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ON THE 26TH DAY OF JULY, 1984, THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CHARLES BLAKELEY, DECEASED, BEARING DATE OF THE 9TH DAY OF JULY, 1974, WAS ADMITTED TO PROBATE IN THE ABOVE NAMED COURT AND THERE WILL BE NO PRESENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE. ANY ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE WILL MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAID COUNTY WITHIN FOUR MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE SECOND PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THEREAFTER BE FOREVER BARRED.

DATED THIS 26TH DAY OF JULY, 1984.

ESTHER S. PLUM,
CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT
PARKIN & CAMERON
ATTORNEY FOR SAID ESTATE
119 NORTH COURT ST.
FAIRFIELD, IA 52556

DATE OF SECOND PUBLICATION 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1984.
August 3, 10, 1984

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Wednesday, August 8, 1984
Page 12, Column 1

CARD OF THANKS

We would like to thank everyone for the food, flowers, cards and memorials to the Lung Association, at the passing of our father, Charles BLAKELEY.

Mr. & Mrs. William BLAKELEY
Mr. & Mrs. Ed CARLSON
Mr. & Mrs. Virgil MYERS

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Note: Buried in Lot 2nd.223 with first wife Zella. Second wife Etta died in 1993 and is buried in Greenville, PA.