Sarah Ethel Blackburn, 93, of Pleasantville, Ohio, formerly of Waverly, Ohio, entered into the church triumphant on Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at Heartland-Fairfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
She was a retired teacher from Piketon Local School District with 30 years of service. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, American Association of American Women, Wilmington College Alumni Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Parthenia Chapter Order of Eastern Star #124, and Pleasantville Garden Club. She had a great love for her family and for genealogy; she wrote "A Silcott Family History, 1735-1992" and an autobiography called "Saturday's Child."
She is survived by her daughter, Betty (Eugene) Davis, of Pleasantville, Ohio; grandchildren, Julia (Victor) Broussard, of Pleasantville, Ohio, and Michael E. (Melody) Davis, of Columbus, Ohio; 4 great-grandchildren, Jamie (Oliver) Cook, of Athens, Ohio; Stephen Broussard, of Pleasantville, Ohio; Julia Grace Davis and Seth M. Davis, both of Columbus, Ohio; brother, Ernest (Virginia) Silcott, Jr.; sister, Viola Copeland; sister-in-law, Marie Silcott, all of Waverly, Ohio; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Blackburn; parents, Ernest and Frances Silcott; brothers, Henry, Robert, Clyde Raymond and David M. Silcott; and special friend, Harvey Vance.
Services were entrusted to Frank E. Smith Funeral Home of Lancaster, Ohio. Services were also held at Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly, Ohio one hour prior to gravesite services.
She was a retired teacher from Piketon Local School District with 30 years of service. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, American Association of American Women, Wilmington College Alumni Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Parthenia Chapter Order of Eastern Star #124, and Pleasantville Garden Club. She had a great love for her family and for genealogy; she wrote "A Silcott Family History, 1735-1992" and an autobiography called "Saturday's Child."
She is survived by her daughter, Betty (Eugene) Davis, of Pleasantville, Ohio; grandchildren, Julia (Victor) Broussard, of Pleasantville, Ohio, and Michael E. (Melody) Davis, of Columbus, Ohio; 4 great-grandchildren, Jamie (Oliver) Cook, of Athens, Ohio; Stephen Broussard, of Pleasantville, Ohio; Julia Grace Davis and Seth M. Davis, both of Columbus, Ohio; brother, Ernest (Virginia) Silcott, Jr.; sister, Viola Copeland; sister-in-law, Marie Silcott, all of Waverly, Ohio; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Blackburn; parents, Ernest and Frances Silcott; brothers, Henry, Robert, Clyde Raymond and David M. Silcott; and special friend, Harvey Vance.
Services were entrusted to Frank E. Smith Funeral Home of Lancaster, Ohio. Services were also held at Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly, Ohio one hour prior to gravesite services.
Sarah Ethel Blackburn, 93, of Pleasantville, Ohio, formerly of Waverly, Ohio, entered into the church triumphant on Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at Heartland-Fairfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
She was a retired teacher from Piketon Local School District with 30 years of service. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, American Association of American Women, Wilmington College Alumni Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Parthenia Chapter Order of Eastern Star #124, and Pleasantville Garden Club. She had a great love for her family and for genealogy; she wrote "A Silcott Family History, 1735-1992" and an autobiography called "Saturday's Child."
She is survived by her daughter, Betty (Eugene) Davis, of Pleasantville, Ohio; grandchildren, Julia (Victor) Broussard, of Pleasantville, Ohio, and Michael E. (Melody) Davis, of Columbus, Ohio; 4 great-grandchildren, Jamie (Oliver) Cook, of Athens, Ohio; Stephen Broussard, of Pleasantville, Ohio; Julia Grace Davis and Seth M. Davis, both of Columbus, Ohio; brother, Ernest (Virginia) Silcott, Jr.; sister, Viola Copeland; sister-in-law, Marie Silcott, all of Waverly, Ohio; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Blackburn; parents, Ernest and Frances Silcott; brothers, Henry, Robert, Clyde Raymond and David M. Silcott; and special friend, Harvey Vance.
Services were entrusted to Frank E. Smith Funeral Home of Lancaster, Ohio. Services were also held at Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly, Ohio one hour prior to gravesite services.
She was a retired teacher from Piketon Local School District with 30 years of service. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, American Association of American Women, Wilmington College Alumni Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Parthenia Chapter Order of Eastern Star #124, and Pleasantville Garden Club. She had a great love for her family and for genealogy; she wrote "A Silcott Family History, 1735-1992" and an autobiography called "Saturday's Child."
She is survived by her daughter, Betty (Eugene) Davis, of Pleasantville, Ohio; grandchildren, Julia (Victor) Broussard, of Pleasantville, Ohio, and Michael E. (Melody) Davis, of Columbus, Ohio; 4 great-grandchildren, Jamie (Oliver) Cook, of Athens, Ohio; Stephen Broussard, of Pleasantville, Ohio; Julia Grace Davis and Seth M. Davis, both of Columbus, Ohio; brother, Ernest (Virginia) Silcott, Jr.; sister, Viola Copeland; sister-in-law, Marie Silcott, all of Waverly, Ohio; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Blackburn; parents, Ernest and Frances Silcott; brothers, Henry, Robert, Clyde Raymond and David M. Silcott; and special friend, Harvey Vance.
Services were entrusted to Frank E. Smith Funeral Home of Lancaster, Ohio. Services were also held at Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly, Ohio one hour prior to gravesite services.
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