Obituaries - Bl
MAUDIE L BLACKKETTER, 76, DIED JUNE 26, AT
GREENWOOD MANOR WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT FOR ONE YEAR.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN
JERSEYVILLE WITH REV CLAY NOAH JR, OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN
OAK GROVE CEM. MRS BLACKKETTER WAS BORN IN HILLVIEW ON MAY 4,
1904 THE DAU OF HENRY & LOU (GRISWOLD) DOSSETT. SHE MARRIED
ORVILLE BLACKKETTER AND HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN 1927.
SURVIVORS ARE 2 DAU, NORMA SETTLES OF HARTFORD, BETTY RAWE,
JERSEYVILLE, AND PEGGY FEDERLE, GODFREY; 7 GRANDCHILDREN AND 1
SIS, LANA MONROE OF WHITE HALL. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1
SON, 3 BRO AND 1 SIS. Memorials may be given to FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER.
RAY EUGENE BLACKKETTER, 26, WAS FOUND
DROWNED IN LAKE CARLINVILLE. A SEARCH FOR BLACKKETTER WAS
STARTED TUES AFTER HE FAILED TO RETURN HOME FROM A TRIP TO THE
LAKE LAST SAT. THE LAKE WAS DRAGGED BY A SEARCHING PARTY WHO
FOUND HIS SHIRT AND SHOES ON THE LAKE BANK. HE WAS FOUND
FLOATING IN THE LAKE AT 5 PM TUES, NEAR THE LAKE DAM. COMPLETE
REPOERTS FROM AN AUTOPSY ORDERED BY WILLIAM WISE, CORONER OF
MACOUPIN CO, WERE NOT RECEIVED AT PRESS TIME. THE YOUTH, A WW II
NAVY VETERAN, WAS THE SON OF ORVILLE & MAUDIE (DORSETT)
BLACKKETTER AND WAS BORN IN WHITE HALL, AUG 27, 1926. HE RESIDED
IN JERSEYVILLE. BLACKKETTER IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MRS
MAUDIE BLACKKETTER OF JERSEYVILLE; 3 SIS, MRS HAROLD SETTLES OF
HARTFORD, AND BETTY AND PEGGY BLACKKETTER OF JERSEYVILLE, AND
HIS PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, MRS MELLIE BLACKKETTER OF WHITE HALL.
VISITATION WAS AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN WHITE HALL.
REV BEN BOHN OFFICIATED. INTERMENT WAS IN WHITE HALL CEM. HE WAS
A MEMBER OF WORTHEY POST, AMERICAN LEGION OF JERSEYVILLE, AND
COMMITMENT SERVICES WERE HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF WHITE HALL
AMERICAN LEGION POST, NO 70.
Miss Leona Blackorby, 16 year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Willis B. Blackorby of the Fieldon vicinity,
died at an Alton Hospital Sunday, December 23, at nine o’clock
a.m., following an illness of a few weeks.
Miss Blackorby was born in Hamburg, Calhoun county, on March 3,
1918. Besides her parents she is survived by three sisters, Mrs.
Minnie Long of Hamburg and Misses Elsie and Margaret Blackorby
of Fieldon, and four brothers, Leon, her twin brother, Willis,
Harvey and Howard Blackorby, all of Fieldon.
Funeral services were held at the Indian Creek church in Calhoun
county Tuesday morning, December 25, at ten o’clock. Elder T. J.
Roady of Kane officiated and interment was in the Indian Creek
Cemetery. [1934]
LINDA ANN BLACKORBY, 20 DAY OLD DAUGHTER OF
MR & MRS LEON BLACKORBY OF RR 1 FIELDON, DIED AT THE HOME OF HER
PARENTS, NOV 6, 1953. SHE WAS BORN OCT 16, AT BOYD MEM HOSP IN
CARROLLTON. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, THE BABY IS SURVIVED BY
2 BRO, KENNETH AND WILLIAM; 4 SIS, MARY CATHERINE, ALICE ELAINE,
DOROTHY LORAINE AND KAREN JANE; HER PATERNAL GRANDFATHER, BRA???
BLACKORBY OF JERSEYVILLE, AND HER MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, MR &
MRS WILLIAM SIMPSON OF DOW. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. INCOMPLETE
MARY E BLAIR, 64, DIED AT HER HOME MARCH 19,
1898. FUNERAL FROM HOME AND THEN TO GREENE'S CEM 3 MI NE OF
KANE. REV J W BUSH OF KANE OFFICIATED. HER SON, JOE SNODGRASS,
IS A PRINTER AT THE DEMOCRAT OFFICE, AND THROUGH RESPEDT FOR
HIM, ALL PRINTERS IN TOWN ATTENDED THE FUNERAL IN A BODY.
ROBERT A BLAIR, 73, SON OF GEORGE & DICA
BLAIR, WAS BORN JUNE 1, 1828 IN ADAIR CO KY. HE DIED AT HIS HOME IN
ROCKBRIDGE, IL, SEPT 26, 1901. OCT 4, 1849, HE MARRIED SUSAN
(COLWELL) BLAIR. 9 CHILDREN PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HIS WIFE, 1
SON, GEORGE H BLAIR AND 1 DAU, MRS CLOSE, SURVIVE HIM. HE CAME
TO IL IN 1853 AND SETTLED ON A FARM NEAR GLASGOE, SCOTT CO. IN
1875 HE WAS ELECTED SHERIFF OF SCOTT CO; THEN MOVED TO
WINCHESTER, IL; THEN TO ALSEY, IL. HE THEN MOVED TO ROCKBRIDGE
TO WORK IN STHE MERCANTILE BUSINESS. FUNERAL FROM ME CHURCH.
ELDERS B E ANTROBUS AND J H DIXON OFFICITED. BURIAL IN WITT CEM.
JOHN DELBERT BLAND, 64, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED MARCH 31 AT HIS HOME. A REPAIRMAN AT LACLEDE STEEL CO, ALTON, HE
WAS BORN MARCH 13, 1910 IN CALHOUN CO A SON OF JAMES & CATHERINE
(RINGHAUSEN) BLAND. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIDOW, MRS SADIE
(BLACKSTONE) BLAND; 2 SONS, GARY BLAND OF GODFERY AND ROGER
BRUCE BLAND OF ST LOUIS; 6 BRO, ALBERT AND WALTER OF ELDRED,
TAFT OF PEKIN, GEORGE AND LESTER OF KAMPSVILLE AND ERNEST OF
MOSIER; 2 SIS, HENRIETTA GANSZ AND MRS CARL GANSZ, BOTH OF
KAMPSVILLE; 2 GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL RITES WERE HELD APR 3, FROM
Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV R E GEORGE OFFICIATED
WITH INTERMENT IN OAK GROVE CEM.
FREDA BLASA, 42, AND INFANT DAU DIED AUG 14,
1937. THE LARGELY ATTENDED FUNERAL WAS HELD AT OTTERVILLE
BAPTIST CHURCH, REV RAMOND LILES OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN
OTTERVILLE CEM. MRS BLASA WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE MANFORD HAND &
HATTIE (CARTER) HAND AND WAS BORN JULY 6, 1895 IN FAYETTE, IL.
SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND, FRED BLASA; 1 DAU, PHYLLIS MARIE; HER
MOTHER, MRS HATTIE HANCOCK OF ALTON; 2 BRO HAROLD HAND OF
JERSEYVILLE AND CLIFFORD HAND OF ALTON; 2 HALF BRO, PAUL AND
NORMAN HANCOCK OF ALTON AND 1 HALF SIS, MRS VIRGINIA COX OF
ALTON.
FREELAND H BLASA, 49, OF JACKSONVILLE, WAS
BORN DEC 13, 1933 IN WOOD RIVER. HIS PARENTS WERE FREELAND E
BLASA & HELEN (MORRIS) BLASA. FUNERAL FROM Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville, REV RON WOODRUM OFFICIATING. BURIAL
IN KANE CEM. HE LEAVES HIS FATHER AND 2 SONS, VIRGIL OF E ALTON
AND JIMMIE OF ROXANA.
HELEN P BLASA, 65, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED AT MO
BAPTIST HOSP, CREVE COEUR, MO, NOV 30. 1981. SHE WAS BORN SEPT
4, 1916 IN GREENE CO, THE DAU OF THE LATE PLESANT H & ELIZABETH
PEARL (HARDWICK) MORRIS. SHE MARRIED FREELAND BLASA JUNE 30,
1935 IN KANE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, 3 SONS, FREELAND
JR, OF JACKSONVILLE, VIRGIL OF E ALTON, AND JIMMIE OF ROXANA; 6
GRANDCHILDREN; 4 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SIS, DIMPLE ANDESON
(ANDERSON?) OF KANE AND MERRIDA GRIZZLE OF CARROLLTON. FUNERAL
SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV RON WOODRUM OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN KANE
CEM. Memorials may be given to STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.
HILDA L BLASA, 62, OF DOW JAN 14 AT ALTON
MEM HOSP. SERVICES WERE HELD MON AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home
in Jerseyville. REV JAMES MAXWELL, PASTOR OF DELHI BAPTIST
CHURCH OFFICIATED. SHE WAS BORN JULY 4, 1919 IN JERSEY CO, THE
DAU OF LOUIS & GERTRUDE (McCANN) WALKER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 1
SON, WILBUR OF FIFELDON; 3 DAU, FLORENCE WHITEHEAD OF
JERSEYVILLE, GARNETTA EDWARDS OF GREENFIELD AND MARY JANE
CAMPBELL OF DOW. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER
HUSBAND, JASPER BLASA WHO DIED OCT 5, 1980; 1 SON RUSSELL, 2 BRO,
CLINTON AND RALPH WALKER. BURIAL WAS IN VALHALLA MEM PARK.
Memorials may be given to AMERICAN DIABETES ASSN.
JASPER H BLASA, 69, OF DOW DIED OCT 5 AT ST
MARY HEALTH CENTER, RICHMOND HEIGHTS, MO. HE WAS BORN FEB 21,
1911 IN JERSEY CO, A SON OF HENRY & BESSIE (HIGHFILL) BLASA.
SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. RV JAMES MAXWELL OFFICIATED WITH BURIAL IN VALHALLA
MEM PARK, GODFREY. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, HILDA (WALKER) BLASA
WHOM HE MARRIED DEC 12, 1934; 1 SON, WILBUR OF FIELDON; 3 DAU,
FLORENCE WHITEHEAD, JERSEYVILLE, GARNETTA EDWARDS, GREENFIELD,
MARY JANE CHAPBELL OF DOW; 2 BRO, FREELAND AND ROBERT BOTH OF
JERSEYVILLE; 14 GREANDCHILDREN; 4 STEP GRANDCHILDREN; 11
G-GRANDCHILDREN. HIS PARENTS, 1 SON RUSSELL, AND 1 SIS PRECEDED
HIM IN DEATH. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
KAREN BLASA, 49, DIED NOV 21, 1987, AT ST
JOSEPH HOSP IN ALTON, AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. SHE WAS BORN IN
KAMPSVILLE, THE DAU OF VICTOR WALDHEUSER OF KAMPSVILLE AND THE
LATE EDNA (ROBERTS) WALDHEUSER. ON NOV 10, 1980, IN KAMPSVILLE,
SHE MARRIED DAVID C BLASA, AND HE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 1
DAU, LISA ANN WILLIAMS OF FIELDON; 1 SON, RODNEY W WILLMAN OF
FIELDON; 12 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 BRO, JOHN WALDHEUSER OF HAMBURG AND
ROBERT WALDHEUSER OF ELDRED; AND 2 SIS, CAROLN HAGEN OF BRUSSELS
AND DOROTHY BARNES OF LORAINE, IL. VISITATION WAS HELD AT HANKS
FUNERAL HOME IN HARDIN. SERVICES WERE HELD AT ST JOHN LUTHERAN
CHURCH IN KAMPSVILLE, REV LOY SCHOLTE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN
ROSEDALE CEM. Memorials may be given to SHRINERS HOSP FOR
CRIPPLED CHILDREN, ST LOUIS.
WILBER BLASA, 49, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED AUG 13,
AT ST JOHN MERCY HOSP MED CENTER IN ST LOUIS. HE WAS CRITICALLY
BURNED IN A GAS EXPLOSION AT HIS HOME JULY 13. SERVICES WERE
HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV DANIEL
MEAD OFFICIATED WITH BURIAL IN VALHALLA MEM PARK, GODFREY. HE
WAS BORN JULY 4, 1935 IN JERSEY CO TO THE LATE JASPER & HILDA
(WALKER) BLASA AND WAS A BOTTLE MAKER AT OWENS-IL. SURVIVING ARE
HIS WIFE, BETTY JO (CLOSSER) WHOM HE MARRIED IN 1955 AT BETHEL
METHODIST CHURCH; 6 SONS, RANDY, FUNTON, MO, MIKE JERSEYVILLE,
SCOTT FIELDON, AND TERRY, KYLE AND LANCE AT HOME; 3 SIS, LAVADA
WHITEHEAD, JERSEYVILLE, GARNETTA EDWARDS, GREENFIELD, AND MARY
JANE CAMPBELL OF DOW AND 3 GRANDCHILDREN.
Drowned - Last Wednesday, August Bleisner, Jr.,
who resides in this county, six miles north of Grafton, was
drowned while attempting to cross the ford at Barnett’s Mill, on
Otter Creek, in a wagon drawn by two mules. The mules were also
drowned. The creek had suddenly become swollen from recent
trains, but Bleisner wishing to get home, and being deceived
about the depth of the creek, drove in and had got near the
opposite shore when the hind wheel of the wagon struck a log,
and the mules became unmanageable. Bleisner sprang from the
wagon and succeeded in reaching the shore. Seeing the mules
struggling in the water, he returned to them and attempted to
cut the harness. The current was very swift, and gradually bore
the team downstream. Bleisner was a tolerably good swimmer, but
becoming benumbed with cold, suddenly sank beneath the water and
was drowned. This occurred about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. His
body remained in the water until the next day at 3 o’clock. It
was found lodged upon a log in the creek some four hundred yards
below the ford. [Jersey County Democrat 06 Mar 1869]
SAMUEL PETER BLODGET, 89, FATHER OF DANIEL
BLODGET OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED AUG 28, AT HIS HOME IN KBRIGHTON.
ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR THE PAST 3 YRS, HIS
DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED. MR BLODGET WAS THE OLDEST NATIVE RESIDENT
OF BRIGTON AND WAS BORN AND HAD LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN THE
SAME HOME. HIS WIFE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH MARCH 11 OF THIS YR.
SURVIVING HIM IN ADDITION TO HIS SON, DANIEL, ARE 3 DAU, AND 5
OTHER SONS. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT ST PAUL METHODIST
CHURCH WITH REV JAMES WEISS OFFICIATING, ASSISTED BY REV CHARLES
BOYD OF CARROLLTON. BURIAL WAS IN BRIGHTON CEM.
John Blooms, a young German farmer, died at
his home near Brussels, Thursday last. He leaves a newly made
wife and relatives to mourn his loss. The HERALD extends
condolence to the bereaved in their sad affliction. [perhaps
1891]
Rosedale Resident Dies - James Thomas Bloyd,
aged 74 years, 6 months and 2 days, died at his home in Rosedale
Township, Saturday morning, May 17. The deceased had been in ill
health for some time. Funeral services were held from the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fieldon Sunday afternoon at
2:00 o’clock, Rev. Reuben Russell officiating. Interment was in
the Fieldon cemetery. [Jersey County News 22 May 1930]
