Blackwell, Vernon S.

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Title: Blackwell, Vernon S.
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EV. Ve rnon S. Blackwell , 55, paslor·
of First i\lethod ist Church, Calume t,
died at his hom e in Lau rium Saturday
morning·, F ebruary 7, followi ng a heart
at tack.
H e was horn iri Spa rla nd, Ill. , .Tune 29,
1903, the son of Edson and E stella
Blackwell. H e attended State Teachers
Co llege at Normal, Ill., and the Chicag0
Acade my of Arts, and tau ght in the
Lacon a nd Sparland Publ ic Schools fo r·
21 year:< befo re e nterin g- the mini str~' ·
Fr·om Hl42 to 1946 he was supervisor of
the mailing depart men t of the LeTourneau, Inc., at P eor ia, Ill. On Ang ust 6, 1924, he ma rr·ied L eatha 1\'I.
Kimbl e in Sparland.
1\Ir. Blackwell f irst served the LaPr·airie P resbyte ri a n Church at Sparland a nd in 1944 was appointed to t he
l\Iossville, Ill., Methodis t church where
he served un til 1948 when he went to
Iron River-Stambaugh. He later served
Marquette Grace and White Pine and
in 1957 was appointed to Calumet and
the l\lohawk and Ahmeek parishes . H e
had served on t he Board of Education
of the Ma r quette Dis trict fo r nine years
and was preside nt of t he Mi nisterial
Association at the t ime or his death.
S urviving are his w ife; t hree sons,

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Vern on S. Blackwell
David of Decatur, Ill., No r ris of Chillicothe, Ill., and Cu rtis of An tigo, Wis. ;
f ive g randchildren; hi s mother, Mrs .
E s tella Blackwell of S parland, Ill. ; a nd
two brothe r;;, Earle and D ona ld of
l llin ois.
Funeral se rvices were held in the
Ca lume t Methodi s t Church on F ebruarv
!J, Hev. fvan 0. Gonser·, dis trict s upet:intendent of Marquette, and R ev. K enne th Calli s o.f Houg hton offic iating. The
hody was placed in the Lake V iew l'ece iving vau ll.
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