J.N. Blankenship, 96, died Jan. 6 at Southview Manor Care Center in Cozad, Neb. He was born Jan. 13, 1905, in Garfield, Ark., the son of Carroll and Cammie Binkley Blankenship.
He married Verna Miles Jan. 20, 1949, in Elwood, Neb. A resident of Lexington, coming from Hays, he was former manager of the J.C. Penny Department Store in Hays from 1955
until his retirement in 1965, when he started a construction company building duplexes and apartments in Hays.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, Bob Blankenship of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mark Blankenship of Reno, Nev.; one daughter, Marilyn Fairbairn of Garden City; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Jack
Blankenship; two brothers, Carman Blankenship and Paul Blankenship; two sisters, Mary Brokaw and Vera Motzek; and one grandson, Kyle Fairbairn.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church in La Crosse, with the Rev. Pat Scott officiating. Burial will be at La Crosse City Cemetery.
From Great Bend Kansas Tribune, Jan. 8, 2002
He married Verna Miles Jan. 20, 1949, in Elwood, Neb. A resident of Lexington, coming from Hays, he was former manager of the J.C. Penny Department Store in Hays from 1955
until his retirement in 1965, when he started a construction company building duplexes and apartments in Hays.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, Bob Blankenship of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mark Blankenship of Reno, Nev.; one daughter, Marilyn Fairbairn of Garden City; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Jack
Blankenship; two brothers, Carman Blankenship and Paul Blankenship; two sisters, Mary Brokaw and Vera Motzek; and one grandson, Kyle Fairbairn.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church in La Crosse, with the Rev. Pat Scott officiating. Burial will be at La Crosse City Cemetery.
From Great Bend Kansas Tribune, Jan. 8, 2002
J.N. Blankenship, 96, died Jan. 6 at Southview Manor Care Center in Cozad, Neb. He was born Jan. 13, 1905, in Garfield, Ark., the son of Carroll and Cammie Binkley Blankenship.
He married Verna Miles Jan. 20, 1949, in Elwood, Neb. A resident of Lexington, coming from Hays, he was former manager of the J.C. Penny Department Store in Hays from 1955
until his retirement in 1965, when he started a construction company building duplexes and apartments in Hays.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, Bob Blankenship of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mark Blankenship of Reno, Nev.; one daughter, Marilyn Fairbairn of Garden City; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Jack
Blankenship; two brothers, Carman Blankenship and Paul Blankenship; two sisters, Mary Brokaw and Vera Motzek; and one grandson, Kyle Fairbairn.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church in La Crosse, with the Rev. Pat Scott officiating. Burial will be at La Crosse City Cemetery.
From Great Bend Kansas Tribune, Jan. 8, 2002
He married Verna Miles Jan. 20, 1949, in Elwood, Neb. A resident of Lexington, coming from Hays, he was former manager of the J.C. Penny Department Store in Hays from 1955
until his retirement in 1965, when he started a construction company building duplexes and apartments in Hays.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, Bob Blankenship of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mark Blankenship of Reno, Nev.; one daughter, Marilyn Fairbairn of Garden City; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Jack
Blankenship; two brothers, Carman Blankenship and Paul Blankenship; two sisters, Mary Brokaw and Vera Motzek; and one grandson, Kyle Fairbairn.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church in La Crosse, with the Rev. Pat Scott officiating. Burial will be at La Crosse City Cemetery.
From Great Bend Kansas Tribune, Jan. 8, 2002
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