BALES, Eunice Lavina

1894 - 1979  (84 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	BALES, Eunice Lavina
  Birth	3 Aug 1894	Humphreys, Sullivan, Missouri, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Death	7 May 1979	Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States   [1]
  Burial	9 May 1979	Purdin, Linn, Missouri, United States   [2]
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  Person ID	I41742	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family ID

  F22599

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  Family	BLACKBURN, William Harrison ,   b. 13 Aug 1888, Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United States Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United Statesd. 13 May 1958, Kansas, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1912	Humphreys, Sullivan, Missouri   [3]
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 30 Oct 1992, SGEOR.
  Children	4 sons and 3 daughters
  1. BLACKBURN, Max Kenneth ,   b. 6 Aug 1913, Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United States Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United Statesd. 28 Aug 1916, Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United States (Age 3 years)   2. BLACKBURN, Rex E ,   b. 5 Nov 1914, Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United States Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United Statesd. 10 May 1998, Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States (Age 83 years)   3. BLACKBURN, Harry Leroy ,   b. 30 Aug 1916, Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United States Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United Statesd. 25 Dec 1943, Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States (Age 27 years)   4. BLACKBURN, James Myrle ,   b. 5 Apr 1919, Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United States Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United Statesd. 21 Jan 1976, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States (Age 56 years)   5. BLACKBURN, Katherine L. ,   b. 20 Nov 1920, Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United States Grantsville, Linn, Missouri, United Statesd. 28 Oct 2005, Biggsville, Henderson, Illinois, United States (Age 84 years) + 6. Living   7. Living
  Family ID	F22596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Newspaper article probably in Brookfield, Missouri paper on Tuesday, May 8, 1979, (May 7,1979 is the death date): Eunice Blackburn Rites Wednesday (May 9, 1979) ... Funeral services for Eunice Lavina Blackburn, 84, Purdin, will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Purdin United Methodist Church, the Rev. Bob Gant officiating. Burial will be in Purdin Cemetery. Mrs. Blackburn died Monday at Pershing Memorial Hospital, Brookfield. Eunice Lavina, daughter of William Riley and Mary Louisa Dearing Bales, was born Aug. 3, 1894 near Humphreys. On Sept. 8, 1912, she married William Harrison Blackburn. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Blackburn is survived by a son, Rex of Brookfield; three daughters, Catherine Oaks, Purdin; Helen Harmon, Brookfield; Mary E. Sproul, Platte City; 19 grandchildren; 22 great - grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by three sons, Max, Harry, Myrle; an infant brother, John; a sister, Zura Downing. She was a member of the Purdin United Methodist Church and was a telephone operator in Purdin for 17 years. Friends may call at the Wright Funeral Home, Linneus. The family will receive vistors at the funeral home after 7 p. m. tonight.

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical index. Eunice Lavina Bales; Female; Birth: 03 AUG 1894 Purdin, Linn, Missouri; Death: 07 MAY 1979; Father: William Riley Bales; Mother: Mary Louisa Dearing Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 27 Jun 2006 [S776] Purdin cemetery Records, Purdin, Linn county, Missouri. [S14] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical index. William Harrison Blackburn; Male; Death: 13 MAY 1958; Spouse: Eunice Lavina Bales; Marriage: 12 SEP 1912 Of, , Linn, Missouri Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 05 May 2006