Blakely, Erma Edna (1920 – 2011)

BLAKELY, WILKINSON, COOK, GAUER, MISENER, SANDERS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 17:04:51

Name of deceased: Erma Edna Gauer Blakely (nee Wilkinson)

Aged: 90 yrs, 7 mo, 23 days

Residence: Warwick, RI

Born: Dec. 9, 1920, Mazon, IL

Died: July 31, 2011, Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI

Funeral services: Graveside, Friday, August 5, 2011, Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA; Rev. Darwin Moore of the First United Methodist Church, Harlan, IA, officiated

Survived by: son, Paul (spouse, Madelon) Gauer of Sun City, AZ; daughter, Pamela (spouse, William) Sanders of Cranston, RI; grandsons, David (spouse, Stephanie) Gauer and Matthew (spouse, Dawn) Sanders

Predeceased by: parents, Elmer and Rosetta (nee Cook) Wilkinson; sister, Thelma Misener; husbands, Rev. Wilbert P. Gauer (May 4, 1968, Guthrie Center, IA) and H. Deane Blakely (July 31, 2011, Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI)

Education: graduated from Mazon (IL) High School, Class of 1938; graduated from School of Practical Nursing, Iowa Western Community College, October 5, 1969

Marriages: (1) Rev. Wilbert P. Gauer, June 26, 1940, Davenport, IA. (2) H. Deane Blakely, May 23, 1970, Harlan, IA.

Employment: employed at the Holiday Buffet, Variety Distributors, and the Golden Rule Store in Harlan, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: not noted

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