Mrs. Hettie May Wilkes Blacker, wife of Thomas Blacker of Rupert, Idaho died early Sunday morning in the Rupert General Hospital of complications following an operation.
She was the daughter of John and Martha Wilkes and was born November 19 1883 at St Charles, Idaho. A few years later the family moved to Afton. She married Thomas Blacker in the Logan Temple in 1903, and the couple made their home in Afton until 1920 when they moved to Rupert, Idaho where they have lived ever since.
Survivors include her husband, eight sons and three daughters, Thos.L, Alma, Hyrum, Geo., Earl, and Verl Blacker, Mrs Merintha Mac Gardner and Mrs Marie Green, Rupert; Edward L and William F. Blacker, Ontario, Oregon, and Mrs Elsie Hatch of Afton.
They have 24 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the L.D.S. Tabernacle at Rupert and she was buried in the Rupert cemetery. The services were directed by the Goodman Mortuary.
Blacker, Hattie May Wilkes (16 Oct 1947) Star Valley Independent
Mrs. Hettie May Wilkes Blacker, wife of Thomas Blacker of Rupert, Idaho died early Sunday morning in the Rupert General Hospital of complications following an operation.
She was the daughter of John and Martha Wilkes and was born November 19 1883 at St Charles, Idaho. A few years later the family moved to Afton. She married Thomas Blacker in the Logan Temple in 1903, and the couple made their home in Afton until 1920 when they moved to Rupert, Idaho where they have lived ever since.
Survivors include her husband, eight sons and three daughters, Thos.L, Alma, Hyrum, Geo., Earl, and Verl Blacker, Mrs Merintha Mac Gardner and Mrs Marie Green, Rupert; Edward L and William F. Blacker, Ontario, Oregon, and Mrs Elsie Hatch of Afton.
They have 24 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the L.D.S. Tabernacle at Rupert and she was buried in the Rupert cemetery. The services were directed by the Goodman Mortuary.
Blacker, Hattie May Wilkes (16 Oct 1947) Star Valley Independent
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Thomas Leroy Blacker Sr
1904–1983
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John Theodore Blacker
1906–1908
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Edward Loyn Blacker
1907–1995
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William Fred Blacker
1910–2001
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Alma Blacker
1912–1999
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Hyrum Wilkes Blacker
1914–1948
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Afton Mabel Blacker Hatch
1916–1996
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George Blacker
1919–2004
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Merintha May Blacker Garner
1920–2009
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Verl Blacker
1923–2000
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Earl Blacker
1923–2001
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Marie Blacker Green
1925–2008
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