Richard was baptized September 22, 1887, at his parents' home by the pastor of the Perry German Methodist Church in Perry, Falls County, Texas.
Richard married Ella Gabriella Bayer on Dec. 16, 1911, in Waco, Tx.
They were the parents of two children, and Richard raised Ella's son from her first marriage.
OBITUARY FROM THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM: July 11, 1977
BLANKENSTEIN
RICHARD J. BLANKENSTEIN, 90, 809 Lakewood Terrace, Granbury. Passed away late Saturday in Ft. Worth hospital; Ft. Worth resident 25 years. Member Meadowbrook Methodist Church. Survivors: Son, W. R. Miller, Taylor; daughter, Ione Brown, Granbury; 2 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren; brother, Seigfried Blankenstein, Ft. Worth; sisters, Mrs. Freda Bode, Mrs. Alma Banik both of Dayton.
Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, Moore Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Morgan Garrett officiating. Interment Rose Hill Cemetery. Family will be receiving friends at 4504 Blue Lake Ct. Arrangements Hugh H. Moore & Sons, 1219 N. Davis, Arlington.
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Richard Blankenstein was preceded in death by his parents, Gottfried Blankenstein and Marie Friedrichs Blankenstein; his wife, Ella Bayer Blankenstein in 1974; his son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Dorothy Pollard Blankenstein in 1951; his grandson, Robert Ray Blankenstein in 1951; his brothers, Herman, Paul, and Freddie Blankenstein; and his sisters, Mamie Lehmann, Rose Blankenstein, and Elsie Forkel.
Richard was baptized September 22, 1887, at his parents' home by the pastor of the Perry German Methodist Church in Perry, Falls County, Texas.
Richard married Ella Gabriella Bayer on Dec. 16, 1911, in Waco, Tx.
They were the parents of two children, and Richard raised Ella's son from her first marriage.
OBITUARY FROM THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM: July 11, 1977
BLANKENSTEIN
RICHARD J. BLANKENSTEIN, 90, 809 Lakewood Terrace, Granbury. Passed away late Saturday in Ft. Worth hospital; Ft. Worth resident 25 years. Member Meadowbrook Methodist Church. Survivors: Son, W. R. Miller, Taylor; daughter, Ione Brown, Granbury; 2 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren; brother, Seigfried Blankenstein, Ft. Worth; sisters, Mrs. Freda Bode, Mrs. Alma Banik both of Dayton.
Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, Moore Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Morgan Garrett officiating. Interment Rose Hill Cemetery. Family will be receiving friends at 4504 Blue Lake Ct. Arrangements Hugh H. Moore & Sons, 1219 N. Davis, Arlington.
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Richard Blankenstein was preceded in death by his parents, Gottfried Blankenstein and Marie Friedrichs Blankenstein; his wife, Ella Bayer Blankenstein in 1974; his son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Dorothy Pollard Blankenstein in 1951; his grandson, Robert Ray Blankenstein in 1951; his brothers, Herman, Paul, and Freddie Blankenstein; and his sisters, Mamie Lehmann, Rose Blankenstein, and Elsie Forkel.
Family Members
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Herman Otto Blankenstein
1883–1889
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Mary Caroline "Mamie" Blankenstein Lehmann
1885–1968
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Rose Blankenstein
1888–1889
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Paul Johann Blankenstein
1890–1976
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Elsbeth "Elsie" Blankenstein Forkel
1893–1977
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Alma Dora Blankenstein Banik
1895–1978
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Elfriede Louise Blankenstein Bode
1898–1979
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Freddie Blankenstein
1900–1900
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Siegfried Richard Blankenstein
1904–1985
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