Thomas Eugene Blayney (1940-2020)

BLAYNEY

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 4/12/2020 at 19:52:12

Thomas Eugene Blayney passed away peacefully March 26, 2020, at his daughter’s home in Eustis, Fla. He was 79, born in 1940 in Anamosa to Cecil Blayney and Verneita Gordon Blayney. He grew up in Anamosa and graduated from Anamosa High School in 1958. He attended auctioneer school in 1958 and used this talent at sales at the Shada Sale Barn. He then attended one year of college at Iowa State College in Ames, then went to work for Goodyear Tire Company in Iowa City in 1960.

He moved to Ocala, Fla., in 1964 and worked for Thomas Cement Company, then Turnipseed Chevrolet selling cars. He worked for Gov. Reuben Askew for several years, then Auto Train when he moved to Orlando, Fla. He worked at Seminole Dog Track, then was promoted to Southland Dog Track as vice president and general manager in West Memphis, Ark., for several years. He returned to Orlando, Fla., and worked at Classic Chevrolet until his retirement in 2010.

Tom was married in 1965 to Darlene Holm from Iowa City and had three daughters Terri, Traci and Alison and three grandchildren, Jeremy, Stephen, Sierra and an adopted granddaughter, Kirstin.