Florence, who never married, taught school in Cleo Springs and then in Camargo for many years. Among her passions were music and painting in watercolors, for which she had to use wallpaper scraps as a surface. Several of her paintings survive in the homes of family members. Many still living remember her teaching and especially her teaching of music. It was said that Florence Blair "could get music from a stump." And she loved her family as much as they loved her. Another of Florence's passions was coaching girls' basketball. She coached teams at Hobart that did well in statewide competition, and photos have been preserved of her with some of those teams. One of her last acts when she was virtually bedfast from her final illness was to get help to attend a basketball game in Camargo at which a favorite niece was playing. When she was brought in and sat at court side on a specially cushioned chair, the entire crowd gave her a standing ovation.
Obituary Notice
Florence Veda Blair, daughter of Ival M. and Grace E. Blair was born May 7th, 1899, at Putnam, Oklahoma, and departed this life February 6, 1944.
In 1906 she moved with her parents to Thomas, Oklahoma, and to El Reno in 1911. In 1916 she moved back to Thomas and completed her high school education. She moved to Kaw City, Oklahoma, in 1924 and came to Camargo as primary teacher in the local school in 1930. She was converted and joined the Christian church at El Reno, Oklahoma, at the age of 14. In November 1932 she changed her membership to Camargo Christian Church. Her mother preceded her in death in 1926 and her father in 1927. She leaves to mourn her passing her sisters, Mrs. Ralph Wing, Mrs. Herman Hunt, and Mrs. Ora Osborn, all of Camargo, Mrs. John Endres of Enid, and brother Clarence Blair of Hutchinson, Kansas, 8 nieces, 11 nephews and other relatives and a host of friends.
Florence Blair came to Camargo in 1930 on the invitation and at the solicitation of the local school board. The board wanted an outstanding primary teacher and Miss Blair lived up to their highest expectations as was evidenced by her being re-employed year after year.
She was not only a wonderful teacher, she had that almost priceless gift of a sunny disposition, a willingness to help in every way to make the school a success, and the community a better place to live. She was a good singer and always willing to help in every way to make the school and church programs. She was never too busy to listen to the troubles of any child in and out of school, to visit and cheer sick people anywhere in the community.
Little children loved her and were proud to be with her any time after they had gone on from the primary in the school. One wonders if any little community ever really realizes the value of a character of this type until they are taken from us.
Florence Blair will be missed today, tomorrow, next year and for many years to come. We will miss her in the school, church and in all the little community matters in which she gave her talents so willingly. Our hearts go out to the sisters and brother in this sorrow that has come to them.
FLORENCE
One of five Scots-English sisters,
The one who never wed,
She taught small children how to read
And learned to draw
Back when the state was new
And the land raw.
Sometimes the wind would moan all night
In the trees outside her house;
Tumbleweeds rolled down the sandy roads
And piled against the fences;
Dust sifted through tight-shut windows
And it seemed the world would always be depressed.
But she sketched tranquil country scenes
And subtle pastel flowers;
And when she died the drawings stayed
To show those who never knew her
That inner beauty can survive
Even among the rough hills of Oklahoma.
Obituary Notice
Florence Veda Blair, daughter of Ival M. and Grace E. Blair was born May 7th, 1899, at Putnam, Oklahoma, and departed this life February 6, 1944.
In 1906 she moved with her parents to Thomas, Oklahoma, and to El Reno in 1911. In 1916 she moved back to Thomas and completed her high school education. She moved to Kaw City, Oklahoma, in 1924 and came to Camargo as primary teacher in the local school in 1930. She was converted and joined the Christian church at El Reno, Oklahoma, at the age of 14. In November 1932 she changed her membership to Camargo Christian Church. Her mother preceded her in death in 1926 and her father in 1927. She leaves to mourn her passing her sisters, Mrs. Ralph Wing, Mrs. Herman Hunt, and Mrs. Ora Osborn, all of Camargo, Mrs. John Endres of Enid, and brother Clarence Blair of Hutchinson, Kansas, 8 nieces, 11 nephews and other relatives and a host of friends.
Florence Blair came to Camargo in 1930 on the invitation and at the solicitation of the local school board. The board wanted an outstanding primary teacher and Miss Blair lived up to their highest expectations as was evidenced by her being re-employed year after year.
She was not only a wonderful teacher, she had that almost priceless gift of a sunny disposition, a willingness to help in every way to make the school a success, and the community a better place to live. She was a good singer and always willing to help in every way to make the school and church programs. She was never too busy to listen to the troubles of any child in and out of school, to visit and cheer sick people anywhere in the community.
Little children loved her and were proud to be with her any time after they had gone on from the primary in the school. One wonders if any little community ever really realizes the value of a character of this type until they are taken from us.
Florence Blair will be missed today, tomorrow, next year and for many years to come. We will miss her in the school, church and in all the little community matters in which she gave her talents so willingly. Our hearts go out to the sisters and brother in this sorrow that has come to them.
FLORENCE
One of five Scots-English sisters,
The one who never wed,
She taught small children how to read
And learned to draw
Back when the state was new
And the land raw.
Sometimes the wind would moan all night
In the trees outside her house;
Tumbleweeds rolled down the sandy roads
And piled against the fences;
Dust sifted through tight-shut windows
And it seemed the world would always be depressed.
But she sketched tranquil country scenes
And subtle pastel flowers;
And when she died the drawings stayed
To show those who never knew her
That inner beauty can survive
Even among the rough hills of Oklahoma.
Florence, who never married, taught school in Cleo Springs and then in Camargo for many years. Among her passions were music and painting in watercolors, for which she had to use wallpaper scraps as a surface. Several of her paintings survive in the homes of family members. Many still living remember her teaching and especially her teaching of music. It was said that Florence Blair "could get music from a stump." And she loved her family as much as they loved her. Another of Florence's passions was coaching girls' basketball. She coached teams at Hobart that did well in statewide competition, and photos have been preserved of her with some of those teams. One of her last acts when she was virtually bedfast from her final illness was to get help to attend a basketball game in Camargo at which a favorite niece was playing. When she was brought in and sat at court side on a specially cushioned chair, the entire crowd gave her a standing ovation.
Obituary Notice
Florence Veda Blair, daughter of Ival M. and Grace E. Blair was born May 7th, 1899, at Putnam, Oklahoma, and departed this life February 6, 1944.
In 1906 she moved with her parents to Thomas, Oklahoma, and to El Reno in 1911. In 1916 she moved back to Thomas and completed her high school education. She moved to Kaw City, Oklahoma, in 1924 and came to Camargo as primary teacher in the local school in 1930. She was converted and joined the Christian church at El Reno, Oklahoma, at the age of 14. In November 1932 she changed her membership to Camargo Christian Church. Her mother preceded her in death in 1926 and her father in 1927. She leaves to mourn her passing her sisters, Mrs. Ralph Wing, Mrs. Herman Hunt, and Mrs. Ora Osborn, all of Camargo, Mrs. John Endres of Enid, and brother Clarence Blair of Hutchinson, Kansas, 8 nieces, 11 nephews and other relatives and a host of friends.
Florence Blair came to Camargo in 1930 on the invitation and at the solicitation of the local school board. The board wanted an outstanding primary teacher and Miss Blair lived up to their highest expectations as was evidenced by her being re-employed year after year.
She was not only a wonderful teacher, she had that almost priceless gift of a sunny disposition, a willingness to help in every way to make the school a success, and the community a better place to live. She was a good singer and always willing to help in every way to make the school and church programs. She was never too busy to listen to the troubles of any child in and out of school, to visit and cheer sick people anywhere in the community.
Little children loved her and were proud to be with her any time after they had gone on from the primary in the school. One wonders if any little community ever really realizes the value of a character of this type until they are taken from us.
Florence Blair will be missed today, tomorrow, next year and for many years to come. We will miss her in the school, church and in all the little community matters in which she gave her talents so willingly. Our hearts go out to the sisters and brother in this sorrow that has come to them.
FLORENCE
One of five Scots-English sisters,
The one who never wed,
She taught small children how to read
And learned to draw
Back when the state was new
And the land raw.
Sometimes the wind would moan all night
In the trees outside her house;
Tumbleweeds rolled down the sandy roads
And piled against the fences;
Dust sifted through tight-shut windows
And it seemed the world would always be depressed.
But she sketched tranquil country scenes
And subtle pastel flowers;
And when she died the drawings stayed
To show those who never knew her
That inner beauty can survive
Even among the rough hills of Oklahoma.
Obituary Notice
Florence Veda Blair, daughter of Ival M. and Grace E. Blair was born May 7th, 1899, at Putnam, Oklahoma, and departed this life February 6, 1944.
In 1906 she moved with her parents to Thomas, Oklahoma, and to El Reno in 1911. In 1916 she moved back to Thomas and completed her high school education. She moved to Kaw City, Oklahoma, in 1924 and came to Camargo as primary teacher in the local school in 1930. She was converted and joined the Christian church at El Reno, Oklahoma, at the age of 14. In November 1932 she changed her membership to Camargo Christian Church. Her mother preceded her in death in 1926 and her father in 1927. She leaves to mourn her passing her sisters, Mrs. Ralph Wing, Mrs. Herman Hunt, and Mrs. Ora Osborn, all of Camargo, Mrs. John Endres of Enid, and brother Clarence Blair of Hutchinson, Kansas, 8 nieces, 11 nephews and other relatives and a host of friends.
Florence Blair came to Camargo in 1930 on the invitation and at the solicitation of the local school board. The board wanted an outstanding primary teacher and Miss Blair lived up to their highest expectations as was evidenced by her being re-employed year after year.
She was not only a wonderful teacher, she had that almost priceless gift of a sunny disposition, a willingness to help in every way to make the school a success, and the community a better place to live. She was a good singer and always willing to help in every way to make the school and church programs. She was never too busy to listen to the troubles of any child in and out of school, to visit and cheer sick people anywhere in the community.
Little children loved her and were proud to be with her any time after they had gone on from the primary in the school. One wonders if any little community ever really realizes the value of a character of this type until they are taken from us.
Florence Blair will be missed today, tomorrow, next year and for many years to come. We will miss her in the school, church and in all the little community matters in which she gave her talents so willingly. Our hearts go out to the sisters and brother in this sorrow that has come to them.
FLORENCE
One of five Scots-English sisters,
The one who never wed,
She taught small children how to read
And learned to draw
Back when the state was new
And the land raw.
Sometimes the wind would moan all night
In the trees outside her house;
Tumbleweeds rolled down the sandy roads
And piled against the fences;
Dust sifted through tight-shut windows
And it seemed the world would always be depressed.
But she sketched tranquil country scenes
And subtle pastel flowers;
And when she died the drawings stayed
To show those who never knew her
That inner beauty can survive
Even among the rough hills of Oklahoma.
