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Paul W Blakeslee

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Paul W Blakeslee Veteran

Birth
Concord Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
6 Jun 1962 (aged 66)
Sparta Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Spartansburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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US Army veteran, Pvt, World War I
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"Paul W Blakeslee, 66, well-known area farmer, died yesterday morning at his Spartansburg, RD 3, home after a long illness. He was born July 11, 1895, in Concord Township, Erie County, the son of Guy and Hettie Darrow Blakeslee. Mr Blakeslee was in the US Army during World War I, serving overseas in France. He was a member of the VFW of Union City and the Spartansburg Volunteer Fire Department. On Feb 6, 1935, he married Rosaline Dempsey, who survives, along with one daughter, Mrs Russell Young of Spartansburg, RD 3; two sons, Paul J Blakeslee of Spartansburg, RD 3, and Douglas Blakeslee of Camp Drum, NY; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs Arthur Scouten of Spartansburg, RD 2, and Mrs Paul Scouten of Spartansburg, RD 3; and one brother, Milton Blakeslee of Spartansburg, RD 2. Friends may call....at the H Richard Hays Funeral Home in Spartansburg and attend the funeral service there at 2 pm Saturday. Rev Lawrence T Meneely, pastor of the Spartansburg Methodist Church, will offficiate. He will be assisted by Joseph McCray. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Spartansburg. Members of the John Krol Post, VFW, of Union City will be in charge of the graveside service."
(Titusville Herald, June 7, 1962, p.5)
US Army veteran, Pvt, World War I
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"Paul W Blakeslee, 66, well-known area farmer, died yesterday morning at his Spartansburg, RD 3, home after a long illness. He was born July 11, 1895, in Concord Township, Erie County, the son of Guy and Hettie Darrow Blakeslee. Mr Blakeslee was in the US Army during World War I, serving overseas in France. He was a member of the VFW of Union City and the Spartansburg Volunteer Fire Department. On Feb 6, 1935, he married Rosaline Dempsey, who survives, along with one daughter, Mrs Russell Young of Spartansburg, RD 3; two sons, Paul J Blakeslee of Spartansburg, RD 3, and Douglas Blakeslee of Camp Drum, NY; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs Arthur Scouten of Spartansburg, RD 2, and Mrs Paul Scouten of Spartansburg, RD 3; and one brother, Milton Blakeslee of Spartansburg, RD 2. Friends may call....at the H Richard Hays Funeral Home in Spartansburg and attend the funeral service there at 2 pm Saturday. Rev Lawrence T Meneely, pastor of the Spartansburg Methodist Church, will offficiate. He will be assisted by Joseph McCray. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Spartansburg. Members of the John Krol Post, VFW, of Union City will be in charge of the graveside service."
(Titusville Herald, June 7, 1962, p.5)


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  • Created by: Ted K
  • Added: May 27, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11043119/paul_w-blakeslee: accessed ), memorial page for Paul W Blakeslee (11 Jul 1895–6 Jun 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11043119, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Spartansburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Ted K (contributor 46511688).