Ernest W. Blake (1957)

BLAKE, MCCLAIN, NAMUR, NELSON

Posted By: Ida Morse (email)
Date: 2/11/2007 at 18:10:17

Winterset Madisonian, December 4, 1957, Pg 6
Winterset, Iowa

ERNEST W. BLAKE DIES AT 37 YEARS

Manager of Winterset Motel Is Stricken By Heart Attack

Ernest W. Blake, operator of the Maple Leaf motel in Winterset, died at his home here Monday, Dec. 2, as a result of a heart attack. He was 37 years of age.

Mr. Blake had been a resident of Winterset the past four years. He was a native of Churdan, where he was born Dec. 10, 1919, a son of William and Hattie McClain Blake. He was married at Jefferson on Sept. 20, 1944, to Naomi L. Namur. They were parents of a daughter, Donna Jean.

He was a veteran of World War II.

In addition to his wife and daughter, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Hettie G. Blake; a sister, Mrs. Esther Nelson of San Leandro, Calif. And two brothers, John Blake of Albuquerque, N. Mex., and Jean Blake of Chicago.

Funeral services will be held this Thursday at 2 p.m. from Richards Funeral home, conducted by the Rev. W. W. Steinmetz, pastor of the Winterset Methodist church. Burial will be made in the Winterset cemetery.