BLAKESTAD, Karen Raye 1940-1940

BLAKESTAD

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/15/2009 at 11:21:59

Funeral Services Held for Karen Blakestad; Survivors Named

OTRANTO, IOWA - Karen Raye Blakestad, two month old child of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Blakestad, died at their home of pneumonia Friday following a brief illness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon.

The child was born October 19, 1940 at Austin, Minnesota. Besides her parents she is survived by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Pacey Lyle, Minnesota, and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Blakestad, Otranto.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette - Monday, December 23, 1940]