Laura Cox grew up on a small isolated farm at Ten Mile Lake, Lakeside Oregon in Coos County. She was the daughter of Hubert Barth Cox and Nannie Ransom Haines, who were (both) 27 when Laura was born.
Laura had the following brothers and sisters:
Marietta A. (named after her grandmother)
Mary E.
Edith E.
Grover L.
Jean L.
Joyce L.
Elmer S.
Glen E.
Dorothy N.
On August 29, 1927 Laura married Everett Marshall Blackman after which they moved to Waldport Oregon, a small coastal community Laura would call home for the remainder of her life.
By March of 1932, they had adopted two twin infants named Janet Ann and Janice Nan (birth-name McNeil).
On June 1, 1938, a baby boy was born to Laura and Everett of which they named Scott McGreggor Blackman.
All children were raised and schooled at Waldport, Oregon.
Contributes to nation's involvement in World War II:
During the years of Second World War, Laura was a neighborhood air raid warden, responsible for canvassing adjoining homes during air raid drills to insure everyone had extinguished all their lights and closed their curtains (so no interior light could escape).
As a young lady Laura attended a business-secretarial school at Coos Bay which aided her later business career.
This from her son Scott (to paraphrase) "Laura enjoyed the past-time of working cross word puzzles and other word puzzles. She greatly prized a good vocabulary and endeavored to improve herself intellectually. She enjoyed working at the bank and was competent in her position. I have frequently wondered what would have happened to her if she would have lived long enough to experience the "feminist movement". It seemed tailor-made for her but she missed it by a decade or so." In addition to this desire for excellence, Laura encouraged Scott to always be a good student and supported his interest in the arts which became a lifelong devotion for him.
Laura Blackman's career was in banking and she worked for many years at the Bank of Newport (Newport Oregon) as a teller. Her tenure (generally) was from about 1952 to 1962. Laura was highly respected and well-liked in regard to this position. A memory from her son-in-law Richard Reynolds was that Laura obtained a Henry Kaiser automobile after the war and would use this in her transportation to and from work at Newport. The car, not seldom seen at the time or in the area, was produced by Kaiser Motors (post war).
Laura was a member of the (Oregon Chapter) of the Federation of Business Professionals and Women (BPW). Chartered in 1919 by Woodrow Wilson the group furthered women's rights in the work place nationwide. Laura was active and attended the meetings regularly.
Mrs. Blackman was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, as was her husband, an active member of the Masonic Lodge at Waldport (Alsea Bay Chapter).
Laura enjoyed socializing with those in her community and especially looked forward to going out dancing with her husband.
Laura Alberta Cox Blackman passed away in 1962 at Sacred Heart Hospital (Eugene, Oregon) where she had sought treatment for a sudden terminal illness. (Her death certificate reflects an inaccurate birth date of August 17, 1908.)
Laura is beloved in memory by her family and is not forgotten by those who loved her and knew her.... she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to many.
Laura had the following brothers and sisters:
Marietta A. (named after her grandmother)
Mary E.
Edith E.
Grover L.
Jean L.
Joyce L.
Elmer S.
Glen E.
Dorothy N.
On August 29, 1927 Laura married Everett Marshall Blackman after which they moved to Waldport Oregon, a small coastal community Laura would call home for the remainder of her life.
By March of 1932, they had adopted two twin infants named Janet Ann and Janice Nan (birth-name McNeil).
On June 1, 1938, a baby boy was born to Laura and Everett of which they named Scott McGreggor Blackman.
All children were raised and schooled at Waldport, Oregon.
Contributes to nation's involvement in World War II:
During the years of Second World War, Laura was a neighborhood air raid warden, responsible for canvassing adjoining homes during air raid drills to insure everyone had extinguished all their lights and closed their curtains (so no interior light could escape).
As a young lady Laura attended a business-secretarial school at Coos Bay which aided her later business career.
This from her son Scott (to paraphrase) "Laura enjoyed the past-time of working cross word puzzles and other word puzzles. She greatly prized a good vocabulary and endeavored to improve herself intellectually. She enjoyed working at the bank and was competent in her position. I have frequently wondered what would have happened to her if she would have lived long enough to experience the "feminist movement". It seemed tailor-made for her but she missed it by a decade or so." In addition to this desire for excellence, Laura encouraged Scott to always be a good student and supported his interest in the arts which became a lifelong devotion for him.
Laura Blackman's career was in banking and she worked for many years at the Bank of Newport (Newport Oregon) as a teller. Her tenure (generally) was from about 1952 to 1962. Laura was highly respected and well-liked in regard to this position. A memory from her son-in-law Richard Reynolds was that Laura obtained a Henry Kaiser automobile after the war and would use this in her transportation to and from work at Newport. The car, not seldom seen at the time or in the area, was produced by Kaiser Motors (post war).
Laura was a member of the (Oregon Chapter) of the Federation of Business Professionals and Women (BPW). Chartered in 1919 by Woodrow Wilson the group furthered women's rights in the work place nationwide. Laura was active and attended the meetings regularly.
Mrs. Blackman was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, as was her husband, an active member of the Masonic Lodge at Waldport (Alsea Bay Chapter).
Laura enjoyed socializing with those in her community and especially looked forward to going out dancing with her husband.
Laura Alberta Cox Blackman passed away in 1962 at Sacred Heart Hospital (Eugene, Oregon) where she had sought treatment for a sudden terminal illness. (Her death certificate reflects an inaccurate birth date of August 17, 1908.)
Laura is beloved in memory by her family and is not forgotten by those who loved her and knew her.... she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to many.
Laura Cox grew up on a small isolated farm at Ten Mile Lake, Lakeside Oregon in Coos County. She was the daughter of Hubert Barth Cox and Nannie Ransom Haines, who were (both) 27 when Laura was born.
Laura had the following brothers and sisters:
Marietta A. (named after her grandmother)
Mary E.
Edith E.
Grover L.
Jean L.
Joyce L.
Elmer S.
Glen E.
Dorothy N.
On August 29, 1927 Laura married Everett Marshall Blackman after which they moved to Waldport Oregon, a small coastal community Laura would call home for the remainder of her life.
By March of 1932, they had adopted two twin infants named Janet Ann and Janice Nan (birth-name McNeil).
On June 1, 1938, a baby boy was born to Laura and Everett of which they named Scott McGreggor Blackman.
All children were raised and schooled at Waldport, Oregon.
Contributes to nation's involvement in World War II:
During the years of Second World War, Laura was a neighborhood air raid warden, responsible for canvassing adjoining homes during air raid drills to insure everyone had extinguished all their lights and closed their curtains (so no interior light could escape).
As a young lady Laura attended a business-secretarial school at Coos Bay which aided her later business career.
This from her son Scott (to paraphrase) "Laura enjoyed the past-time of working cross word puzzles and other word puzzles. She greatly prized a good vocabulary and endeavored to improve herself intellectually. She enjoyed working at the bank and was competent in her position. I have frequently wondered what would have happened to her if she would have lived long enough to experience the "feminist movement". It seemed tailor-made for her but she missed it by a decade or so." In addition to this desire for excellence, Laura encouraged Scott to always be a good student and supported his interest in the arts which became a lifelong devotion for him.
Laura Blackman's career was in banking and she worked for many years at the Bank of Newport (Newport Oregon) as a teller. Her tenure (generally) was from about 1952 to 1962. Laura was highly respected and well-liked in regard to this position. A memory from her son-in-law Richard Reynolds was that Laura obtained a Henry Kaiser automobile after the war and would use this in her transportation to and from work at Newport. The car, not seldom seen at the time or in the area, was produced by Kaiser Motors (post war).
Laura was a member of the (Oregon Chapter) of the Federation of Business Professionals and Women (BPW). Chartered in 1919 by Woodrow Wilson the group furthered women's rights in the work place nationwide. Laura was active and attended the meetings regularly.
Mrs. Blackman was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, as was her husband, an active member of the Masonic Lodge at Waldport (Alsea Bay Chapter).
Laura enjoyed socializing with those in her community and especially looked forward to going out dancing with her husband.
Laura Alberta Cox Blackman passed away in 1962 at Sacred Heart Hospital (Eugene, Oregon) where she had sought treatment for a sudden terminal illness. (Her death certificate reflects an inaccurate birth date of August 17, 1908.)
Laura is beloved in memory by her family and is not forgotten by those who loved her and knew her.... she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to many.
Laura had the following brothers and sisters:
Marietta A. (named after her grandmother)
Mary E.
Edith E.
Grover L.
Jean L.
Joyce L.
Elmer S.
Glen E.
Dorothy N.
On August 29, 1927 Laura married Everett Marshall Blackman after which they moved to Waldport Oregon, a small coastal community Laura would call home for the remainder of her life.
By March of 1932, they had adopted two twin infants named Janet Ann and Janice Nan (birth-name McNeil).
On June 1, 1938, a baby boy was born to Laura and Everett of which they named Scott McGreggor Blackman.
All children were raised and schooled at Waldport, Oregon.
Contributes to nation's involvement in World War II:
During the years of Second World War, Laura was a neighborhood air raid warden, responsible for canvassing adjoining homes during air raid drills to insure everyone had extinguished all their lights and closed their curtains (so no interior light could escape).
As a young lady Laura attended a business-secretarial school at Coos Bay which aided her later business career.
This from her son Scott (to paraphrase) "Laura enjoyed the past-time of working cross word puzzles and other word puzzles. She greatly prized a good vocabulary and endeavored to improve herself intellectually. She enjoyed working at the bank and was competent in her position. I have frequently wondered what would have happened to her if she would have lived long enough to experience the "feminist movement". It seemed tailor-made for her but she missed it by a decade or so." In addition to this desire for excellence, Laura encouraged Scott to always be a good student and supported his interest in the arts which became a lifelong devotion for him.
Laura Blackman's career was in banking and she worked for many years at the Bank of Newport (Newport Oregon) as a teller. Her tenure (generally) was from about 1952 to 1962. Laura was highly respected and well-liked in regard to this position. A memory from her son-in-law Richard Reynolds was that Laura obtained a Henry Kaiser automobile after the war and would use this in her transportation to and from work at Newport. The car, not seldom seen at the time or in the area, was produced by Kaiser Motors (post war).
Laura was a member of the (Oregon Chapter) of the Federation of Business Professionals and Women (BPW). Chartered in 1919 by Woodrow Wilson the group furthered women's rights in the work place nationwide. Laura was active and attended the meetings regularly.
Mrs. Blackman was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, as was her husband, an active member of the Masonic Lodge at Waldport (Alsea Bay Chapter).
Laura enjoyed socializing with those in her community and especially looked forward to going out dancing with her husband.
Laura Alberta Cox Blackman passed away in 1962 at Sacred Heart Hospital (Eugene, Oregon) where she had sought treatment for a sudden terminal illness. (Her death certificate reflects an inaccurate birth date of August 17, 1908.)
Laura is beloved in memory by her family and is not forgotten by those who loved her and knew her.... she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to many.
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