Rev Blakley had lived on the West Side since 1967 after moving from Santa Cruz.
A native of Woodson County, Kansas, he was attending Union College in Kentucky when he met and married Bertha Catron in September 1933. They had a son and two daughters, and divorced in 1970.
He was ordained as a deacon in Boston in 1937, and as an elder in the Southern Indiana Conference. By 1940 the family was living in Duck Creek, Indiana, and in 1950 they were living in Oakland.
Throughout his career he served in churches in Indiana, Hughson, Oakland, Merced, Santa Cruz, Patterson, Selma, Chowchilla, Le Grand, and Vernalis, before his retirement in 1975.
Prior to his retirement he had been a colonel in the US Air Force, and was the second Protestant chaplain at Castle Air Force Base (near Merced). He was also a chaplain for the California National Guard and various Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals around the Bay Area.
He married Catherine (Luce) Bingham in 1972.
He was survived by Catherine, his children, grandchildren, and two brothers.
A native of Woodson County, Kansas, he was attending Union College in Kentucky when he met and married Bertha Catron in September 1933. They had a son and two daughters, and divorced in 1970.
He was ordained as a deacon in Boston in 1937, and as an elder in the Southern Indiana Conference. By 1940 the family was living in Duck Creek, Indiana, and in 1950 they were living in Oakland.
Throughout his career he served in churches in Indiana, Hughson, Oakland, Merced, Santa Cruz, Patterson, Selma, Chowchilla, Le Grand, and Vernalis, before his retirement in 1975.
Prior to his retirement he had been a colonel in the US Air Force, and was the second Protestant chaplain at Castle Air Force Base (near Merced). He was also a chaplain for the California National Guard and various Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals around the Bay Area.
He married Catherine (Luce) Bingham in 1972.
He was survived by Catherine, his children, grandchildren, and two brothers.
Rev Blakley had lived on the West Side since 1967 after moving from Santa Cruz.
A native of Woodson County, Kansas, he was attending Union College in Kentucky when he met and married Bertha Catron in September 1933. They had a son and two daughters, and divorced in 1970.
He was ordained as a deacon in Boston in 1937, and as an elder in the Southern Indiana Conference. By 1940 the family was living in Duck Creek, Indiana, and in 1950 they were living in Oakland.
Throughout his career he served in churches in Indiana, Hughson, Oakland, Merced, Santa Cruz, Patterson, Selma, Chowchilla, Le Grand, and Vernalis, before his retirement in 1975.
Prior to his retirement he had been a colonel in the US Air Force, and was the second Protestant chaplain at Castle Air Force Base (near Merced). He was also a chaplain for the California National Guard and various Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals around the Bay Area.
He married Catherine (Luce) Bingham in 1972.
He was survived by Catherine, his children, grandchildren, and two brothers.
A native of Woodson County, Kansas, he was attending Union College in Kentucky when he met and married Bertha Catron in September 1933. They had a son and two daughters, and divorced in 1970.
He was ordained as a deacon in Boston in 1937, and as an elder in the Southern Indiana Conference. By 1940 the family was living in Duck Creek, Indiana, and in 1950 they were living in Oakland.
Throughout his career he served in churches in Indiana, Hughson, Oakland, Merced, Santa Cruz, Patterson, Selma, Chowchilla, Le Grand, and Vernalis, before his retirement in 1975.
Prior to his retirement he had been a colonel in the US Air Force, and was the second Protestant chaplain at Castle Air Force Base (near Merced). He was also a chaplain for the California National Guard and various Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals around the Bay Area.
He married Catherine (Luce) Bingham in 1972.
He was survived by Catherine, his children, grandchildren, and two brothers.
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