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Robert Asa "Bob" Blackford (2013)

BEESON, BLACKFORD, BUNNELL, CLOVER, HOLMES, MONTENGUISE, SIMMONS

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 11/30/2013 at 18:03:23

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

ROBERT BLACKFORD, Earlham

Robert “Bob” Blackford, 72, of Earlham died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at the Winterset Care Center North in Winterset.

As per Robert’s request he has been cremated and there will be no visitation, however, a graveside service will be held at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Middle River Hospice of Winterset.

Robert Asa Blackford was born Feb. 21, 1941, in Iowa City, the son of Emmo and Olive (Beeson) Blackford. In 1961 he enlisted in the United States Army and served until 1964. His marriage to Rita Jane Holmes took place on Dec. 14, 1968, in Indianola and to this union his two daughters were born. Bob, along with his brother, Jack, owned and operated Blackford Floors in Johnston. Later he worked as a foreman with the Penick Concrete Company for 33 years until his retirement in 2004. Bob was not one to join organization but he was a member of the NRA.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three siblings, Jerry Blackford, John Blackford and Virginia Simmons.

He is survived by his wife, Rita Blackford of Earlham; his two daughters, Shelley Bunnell of Winterset; Jennifer (Jeff) Clover of Grimes; three siblings, Jack (Martha) Blackford, Donna (Frank) Montenguise and Tom (Nina) Blackford, all of Des Moines; two grandchildren; two step-grandchildren three great-grandchildren.
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
February 19, 2014

ROBERT BLACKFORD, EARLHAM

Robert “Bob” Blackford, 72, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Winterset.

A military graveside service will be held Friday, Feb. 21, at 12:30 p.m. in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter with a luncheon to immediately follow at the American Legion Post #403 Veterans Reception Center in Van Meter. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Middle River Hospice of Winterset or a charity of your choice.

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