Evelyn Laurine Blakeley (1931-2008)
BLAKELEY, JOHNSON, FAIRCHILD
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 12/6/2008 at 08:17:50
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Saturday, December 6, 2008.
Jan. 14, 1931-Dec. 4, 2008
Evelyn Laurine Blakeley, 77, formerly of Boone, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, at Bethany Manor Life Communities in Story City. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Boone. Interment will be in Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone.
Visitation with the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone. Visitation will continue from 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, when the casket will be taken to the church where visitations will continue from noon until the time of service.
Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone is in charge of arrangements.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Sunday, December 7, 2008.
Jan. 14, 1931-Dec. 4, 2008
Evelyn Laurine Blakeley, 77, formerly of Boone, passed away Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, at Bethany Manor Life Communities in Story City, where she had been a resident since February 2007.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boone, with Pastor Lindsay Watkins officiating. Burial will be in Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone, with the family present at that time to greet friends. Visitation will continue from 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, when the casket will be taken to the church where visitation will continue from noon until the time of service.
Evelyn Laurine Blakeley was born Jan. 14, 1931, in rural Boone County, the daughter of Lawrence and Lela (Fairchild) Johnson. She was a graduate of Ogden High School. She married John H. Blakeley Sept. 24, 1953, in Cedar Rapids.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Farm Bureau Women and had worked for Fareway Groceries and Citizen's Bank before becoming a full-time mother and farm wife. The couple farmed northeast of Boone until John's retirement in fall 2002. She was very interested in her family's history and did genealogy research.
She is survived by one daughter, Lorrain Blakeley, of Minneapolis; one son and daughter-in-law, David and Tammy Blakeley, of Ames; and two grandchildren, Matthew and Jonathan Blakeley, both of Ames.
Her parents and husband, John in February 2003, preceded her in death.
Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their memorial gift to the Trinity Lutheran Church in Boone.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.starkwelin.com
Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone is in charge of arrangements.
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