Great-great grandparents:
William Oakes, b, March, 1823,Pittslyvania Co,VA, d. 8/27/1898, Benton Co, AR. Married Malinda (Wright) about 1844 in Fentress Co, TN. She was born 4/20/1820, Overton Co, TN, d. 09/18/1859, Benton Co, AR. Both buried in Oakes Family Cemetery, Bella Vista, AR.
Great-grandparents:
John Wesley Oakes, b. 4/4/1858 Bentonville,AR, d. 01/05/1933, Bentonville, AR. Married Mary Elnora (Castor) 03/21/1880 in Bentonville, AR. She was b. 07/28/1859, Wilkes-Barre, PA, d. 5/10/1941, Bentonville, AR. Both buried in Oakes Cemetery, Bella Vista, AR.
Grandparents:
Claude Horace Leaton, b. 12/13/1887, La Marr, MO, d. 01/31/1979, Waterloo, IA. Married Anna Maude (Oakes) on 06/14/1914 in Bentonville, AR.
She was b. 12/31/1890, Bentonville, AR, d. 09/04/1975, Waterloo, Ia. Both buried in Woodlawn
Cemetery in Oelwein, Iowa.
Parents:
Walter A. Blume, b. 5/24/1916, Sumner,IA
Dorothy Jane (Leaton), b. 11/01/1916, Oelwein,IA. My mother passed away August 9, 2013; just 3 months shy of her 97th birthday.

Great-great grandparents:
William Oakes, b, March, 1823,Pittslyvania Co,VA, d. 8/27/1898, Benton Co, AR. Married Malinda (Wright) about 1844 in Fentress Co, TN. She was born 4/20/1820, Overton Co, TN, d. 09/18/1859, Benton Co, AR. Both buried in Oakes Family Cemetery, Bella Vista, AR.
Great-grandparents:
John Wesley Oakes, b. 4/4/1858 Bentonville,AR, d. 01/05/1933, Bentonville, AR. Married Mary Elnora (Castor) 03/21/1880 in Bentonville, AR. She was b. 07/28/1859, Wilkes-Barre, PA, d. 5/10/1941, Bentonville, AR. Both buried in Oakes Cemetery, Bella Vista, AR.
Grandparents:
Claude Horace Leaton, b. 12/13/1887, La Marr, MO, d. 01/31/1979, Waterloo, IA. Married Anna Maude (Oakes) on 06/14/1914 in Bentonville, AR.
She was b. 12/31/1890, Bentonville, AR, d. 09/04/1975, Waterloo, Ia. Both buried in Woodlawn
Cemetery in Oelwein, Iowa.
Parents:
Walter A. Blume, b. 5/24/1916, Sumner,IA
Dorothy Jane (Leaton), b. 11/01/1916, Oelwein,IA. My mother passed away August 9, 2013; just 3 months shy of her 97th birthday.