AE 77 Years

Veteran - NY NATIONAL GUARD

Son of Willard J. Blair and Ida Mae (Lamica). Husband of Alva Josephine (Davis). Father of eleven children. Some of his great joys in life were bluegrass and country music, camping, tending to and sitting around the campfire, watching boxing matches on television, his vegetable gardens, card games with family and friends, cars and pickup trucks, but mostly being surrounded by his family and preparing meals for them, especially during holidays.

BLAIR, Wallace "Wally" Gerald

Wallace "Wally" Gerald Blair, 77, beloved husband of the late Alva J. (Davis) Blair, died peacefully on Monday (April 7, 2008), at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital in Hartford. Born on February 10, 1931 in Constable, NY, he was the son of the late Willard J. and Ida Mae (Lamica) Blair. Wally was married to Alva on December 17, 1949 in Sulphur Springs, FL. After living in Collinsville, Tariffville and Hartford, they eventually settled in Granby in 1960, where they lived for 33 years until retiring in 1993, at which time they moved to Live Oak, FL. Wally was employed as a plumber for Crane & Mitchell Plumbing & Heating, Simsbury, and later at Capital Pipe in Newington. Wally was a simple man whose family meant the world to him. He is survived by four sons, Gerald Blair and his wife Donna of East Granby, Alvin Blair and his wife Kelley of Granby, Daniel Blair of Southwick, MA, and Michael Blair and his wife Cheryl of Westfield, MA; five daughters, Janet and her husband David Perry of East Granby, June and her husband William Yourous of Granby, Robin Maciag of Meriden, Sheila Higgins of Monson, MA, and Lisa and her husband Brad Christopher of Dyersville, IA; 20 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; a brother, Lloyd Blair of Jacksonville, FL; a sister, Lila (Blair) Wilson LaMay of Malone, NY; and several nieces and nephews. Besides his wife, Wally was predeceased by a son, Richard Blair; a daughter, Marilyn Parmelee; four brothers; three sisters; eight half-brothers; and a half-sister. A graveside service will be held on Friday, April 11, 12 Noon, at Granby Cemetery. His family will receive friends on Thursday, 4 - 8 p.m., at the Hayes-Huling & Carmon Funeral Home, 364 Salmon Brook St., Granby. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Wally may be made to St. Francis VNA Hospice, 95 Woodland St., Hartford, CT 06105. For on-line condolences, please visit www. carmonfuneralhome.com.

[Published in the Hartford Courant on 4/9/2008.]

[Wallace is my father-in-law. ~ DB]

Note: Cremated, ashes buried.