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will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Mr. Blackburn was a manufacturing
representative.
He was born Sept. 26, 1915, in Xenia
to Ralph N. and Sada Price Blackburn. He
married Mary K. Gupton in Springfield on
June 14, 1941. She died Oct. 18, 2004.
He is survived by one daughter, Janet
(and Don) Maxheimer of Mount Pulaski;
one son, Jeffrey (and Peggy) Blackburn
of Petersburg; one brother, William
Blackburn of Colorado Springs, Colo.;
five grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one
brother and one sister.
He was a member of the Mount Pulaski
First United Methodist Church, Mount
Pulaski Masonic Lodge, Valley of
Springfield Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite and Ansar Temple.
Memorials may be made to the Mount
Pulaski First United Methodist Church.
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