Cecil Blank, 81, of Bemidji died Saturday, Sept. 12, 1992, at North Country Regional Hospital. Funeral services were at the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home. Burial is at Greenwood Cemetery in Bemidji.
Mr. Blank was born Jan. 28, 1911, at Britt, Iowa, to John and Cora Blank. He married Marie Krambeer on April 6, 1933, in Wells, Minn. They lived in Kanawha, Iowa, for a time, where they grew sugar beets. They moved to Richmond, Calif., in 1943. Cecil worked as a painter and then for the U.S. Coast Guard in the shipyards. In 1944, they moved to the Bemidji area, living in Carr Lake until 1982.
Blank worked for Kenfield Box Factory in Bemidji from 1944 until 1962. He worked as a pulp wood cutter from 1965 to 1968. In 1949, Blank invented the "49er" fishing lure, which he manufactured in his home until the early 1960s.
He is survived by his wife, Marie of Bemidji; three sons, Merle (Dorothy) Blank of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Joe (Marge) Blank of Red Wing, Minn., and Robert (Lorene) Blank of Virginia; three daughters, Arlene (Arnold) Tangborn of Guthrie, Minn., Esther (Adrian) Vorderbruggen of Brookston, Minn., and Evelyn Blank of Minneapolis; two brothers, Paul Blank of Nashville, AR, and J.E. "Cap" Blank of Goodell, Iowa; one sister, E. June Nieman of Kanawha; 19 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
He is preceded by two brothers, Irvin and Alvin; one sister, Dorothy; and four grandsons, Steven Blank, Timothy, Randal and Daniel Vorderbruggen. (Bemidji Pioneer Sept. 14, 1992)
Mr. Blank was born Jan. 28, 1911, at Britt, Iowa, to John and Cora Blank. He married Marie Krambeer on April 6, 1933, in Wells, Minn. They lived in Kanawha, Iowa, for a time, where they grew sugar beets. They moved to Richmond, Calif., in 1943. Cecil worked as a painter and then for the U.S. Coast Guard in the shipyards. In 1944, they moved to the Bemidji area, living in Carr Lake until 1982.
Blank worked for Kenfield Box Factory in Bemidji from 1944 until 1962. He worked as a pulp wood cutter from 1965 to 1968. In 1949, Blank invented the "49er" fishing lure, which he manufactured in his home until the early 1960s.
He is survived by his wife, Marie of Bemidji; three sons, Merle (Dorothy) Blank of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Joe (Marge) Blank of Red Wing, Minn., and Robert (Lorene) Blank of Virginia; three daughters, Arlene (Arnold) Tangborn of Guthrie, Minn., Esther (Adrian) Vorderbruggen of Brookston, Minn., and Evelyn Blank of Minneapolis; two brothers, Paul Blank of Nashville, AR, and J.E. "Cap" Blank of Goodell, Iowa; one sister, E. June Nieman of Kanawha; 19 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
He is preceded by two brothers, Irvin and Alvin; one sister, Dorothy; and four grandsons, Steven Blank, Timothy, Randal and Daniel Vorderbruggen. (Bemidji Pioneer Sept. 14, 1992)
Cecil Blank, 81, of Bemidji died Saturday, Sept. 12, 1992, at North Country Regional Hospital. Funeral services were at the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home. Burial is at Greenwood Cemetery in Bemidji.
Mr. Blank was born Jan. 28, 1911, at Britt, Iowa, to John and Cora Blank. He married Marie Krambeer on April 6, 1933, in Wells, Minn. They lived in Kanawha, Iowa, for a time, where they grew sugar beets. They moved to Richmond, Calif., in 1943. Cecil worked as a painter and then for the U.S. Coast Guard in the shipyards. In 1944, they moved to the Bemidji area, living in Carr Lake until 1982.
Blank worked for Kenfield Box Factory in Bemidji from 1944 until 1962. He worked as a pulp wood cutter from 1965 to 1968. In 1949, Blank invented the "49er" fishing lure, which he manufactured in his home until the early 1960s.
He is survived by his wife, Marie of Bemidji; three sons, Merle (Dorothy) Blank of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Joe (Marge) Blank of Red Wing, Minn., and Robert (Lorene) Blank of Virginia; three daughters, Arlene (Arnold) Tangborn of Guthrie, Minn., Esther (Adrian) Vorderbruggen of Brookston, Minn., and Evelyn Blank of Minneapolis; two brothers, Paul Blank of Nashville, AR, and J.E. "Cap" Blank of Goodell, Iowa; one sister, E. June Nieman of Kanawha; 19 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
He is preceded by two brothers, Irvin and Alvin; one sister, Dorothy; and four grandsons, Steven Blank, Timothy, Randal and Daniel Vorderbruggen. (Bemidji Pioneer Sept. 14, 1992)
Mr. Blank was born Jan. 28, 1911, at Britt, Iowa, to John and Cora Blank. He married Marie Krambeer on April 6, 1933, in Wells, Minn. They lived in Kanawha, Iowa, for a time, where they grew sugar beets. They moved to Richmond, Calif., in 1943. Cecil worked as a painter and then for the U.S. Coast Guard in the shipyards. In 1944, they moved to the Bemidji area, living in Carr Lake until 1982.
Blank worked for Kenfield Box Factory in Bemidji from 1944 until 1962. He worked as a pulp wood cutter from 1965 to 1968. In 1949, Blank invented the "49er" fishing lure, which he manufactured in his home until the early 1960s.
He is survived by his wife, Marie of Bemidji; three sons, Merle (Dorothy) Blank of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Joe (Marge) Blank of Red Wing, Minn., and Robert (Lorene) Blank of Virginia; three daughters, Arlene (Arnold) Tangborn of Guthrie, Minn., Esther (Adrian) Vorderbruggen of Brookston, Minn., and Evelyn Blank of Minneapolis; two brothers, Paul Blank of Nashville, AR, and J.E. "Cap" Blank of Goodell, Iowa; one sister, E. June Nieman of Kanawha; 19 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
He is preceded by two brothers, Irvin and Alvin; one sister, Dorothy; and four grandsons, Steven Blank, Timothy, Randal and Daniel Vorderbruggen. (Bemidji Pioneer Sept. 14, 1992)
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