Mamie Ruth (Thomas) Blair (1944)
BLAIR, LIVINGSTONE, THOMAS
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 8/30/2006 at 13:59:14
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 7, 1944MRS. CHARLES BLAIR DIES AT MACKSBURG
Life-Long Resident of That Community Was 45 Years of Age
Mrs. Charles Blair, well-known resident of near Macksburg, died May 29 at her home. Death came suddenly. She was 45 years of age.
Mrs. Blair was the former Mamie Ruth Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas, and was born in Macksburg on Aug. 10, 1898. She graduated from the public school there; and was married to Charles Blair on Nov. 24, 1920. They went to housekeeping on a farm two miles south of Macksburg, where their home had since been. They were the parents of three sons.
She was a member of the Macksburg Methodist church and the American Legion auxiliary.
She is survived by her husband; the three sons, Merle Blair of the U.S. army, and Charles Blair, Jr., and Lee Blair at home. She also leaves three brothers, Walter and Leonard Thomas of Phoenix, Ariz., and Earl Thomas of Winterset; and a sister, Mrs. Madge Livingstone of Medford, Ore.
Funeral services were held last Saturday in charge of the Rev. J. E. England, pastor of the Macksburg Methodist church, and burial was made in the Moon cemetery
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