Anchorage Daily News December 19, 1998
Palmer resident Shirley Rae Blakely, 59, died Dec. 15, 1998, at Valley Hospital. Visitation was at Kehl's Palmer Mortuary Chapel. A funeral was at Kehl's Palmer Mortuary Chapel. Burial followed at Palmer Pioneer Cemetery.
Mrs. Blakely was born March 2, 1939, in Fenwick, W.Va. She attended high school in West Virginia, college through the Navy, and took several courses in Redding, Calif. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1960 and came to Alaska from Redding in 1982. She had managed the Glacier View and Palmer Tesoros. Her family said: ''Mrs. Blakely worked for Fisher's Fuel for several years. She enjoyed her work and loved all her co-workers like her own children. She loved to fish and camp and spent most of her summer days off camping with her fishing pole, family and her dog, Thumper, by her side. She loved people and shared her love with those around her. Her love for her children and grandchildren showed in everything she did. She was their support, their teacher and their best friend. She was a part of her grandkids' life in all aspects and was there to raise her granddaughters, Tifani and Ashlea, through the rough times. She will be missed more than words can express. ''She joins her mother, Olive, and brother, Larry, with God.'' Mrs. Blakely enjoyed taking care of her parrots, Michael and Chico, and spending her extra time with her kids and grandkids.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Renee' Blakely and Mark Loomis; sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Carol Blakely, and Mace Blakely and Becky Ling; grandchildren, Tifani, Ashlea, Keenan, Trisha, Traci, Shanna, Branden, Brianna and Cole Blakely, and Rosanna Loomis; brother, Charlie Thomas of Ohio; aunt, Sylvia Bolling of Indiana; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Renee' Blakely c/o Kehl's Palmer Mortuary, 209 S. Alaska St., Palmer 99645; or to Key Bank, 1150 S. Colony Way, Palmer 99645.
Palmer resident Shirley Rae Blakely, 59, died Dec. 15, 1998, at Valley Hospital. Visitation was at Kehl's Palmer Mortuary Chapel. A funeral was at Kehl's Palmer Mortuary Chapel. Burial followed at Palmer Pioneer Cemetery.
Mrs. Blakely was born March 2, 1939, in Fenwick, W.Va. She attended high school in West Virginia, college through the Navy, and took several courses in Redding, Calif. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1960 and came to Alaska from Redding in 1982. She had managed the Glacier View and Palmer Tesoros. Her family said: ''Mrs. Blakely worked for Fisher's Fuel for several years. She enjoyed her work and loved all her co-workers like her own children. She loved to fish and camp and spent most of her summer days off camping with her fishing pole, family and her dog, Thumper, by her side. She loved people and shared her love with those around her. Her love for her children and grandchildren showed in everything she did. She was their support, their teacher and their best friend. She was a part of her grandkids' life in all aspects and was there to raise her granddaughters, Tifani and Ashlea, through the rough times. She will be missed more than words can express. ''She joins her mother, Olive, and brother, Larry, with God.'' Mrs. Blakely enjoyed taking care of her parrots, Michael and Chico, and spending her extra time with her kids and grandkids.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Renee' Blakely and Mark Loomis; sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Carol Blakely, and Mace Blakely and Becky Ling; grandchildren, Tifani, Ashlea, Keenan, Trisha, Traci, Shanna, Branden, Brianna and Cole Blakely, and Rosanna Loomis; brother, Charlie Thomas of Ohio; aunt, Sylvia Bolling of Indiana; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Renee' Blakely c/o Kehl's Palmer Mortuary, 209 S. Alaska St., Palmer 99645; or to Key Bank, 1150 S. Colony Way, Palmer 99645.
Anchorage Daily News December 19, 1998
Palmer resident Shirley Rae Blakely, 59, died Dec. 15, 1998, at Valley Hospital. Visitation was at Kehl's Palmer Mortuary Chapel. A funeral was at Kehl's Palmer Mortuary Chapel. Burial followed at Palmer Pioneer Cemetery.
Mrs. Blakely was born March 2, 1939, in Fenwick, W.Va. She attended high school in West Virginia, college through the Navy, and took several courses in Redding, Calif. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1960 and came to Alaska from Redding in 1982. She had managed the Glacier View and Palmer Tesoros. Her family said: ''Mrs. Blakely worked for Fisher's Fuel for several years. She enjoyed her work and loved all her co-workers like her own children. She loved to fish and camp and spent most of her summer days off camping with her fishing pole, family and her dog, Thumper, by her side. She loved people and shared her love with those around her. Her love for her children and grandchildren showed in everything she did. She was their support, their teacher and their best friend. She was a part of her grandkids' life in all aspects and was there to raise her granddaughters, Tifani and Ashlea, through the rough times. She will be missed more than words can express. ''She joins her mother, Olive, and brother, Larry, with God.'' Mrs. Blakely enjoyed taking care of her parrots, Michael and Chico, and spending her extra time with her kids and grandkids.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Renee' Blakely and Mark Loomis; sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Carol Blakely, and Mace Blakely and Becky Ling; grandchildren, Tifani, Ashlea, Keenan, Trisha, Traci, Shanna, Branden, Brianna and Cole Blakely, and Rosanna Loomis; brother, Charlie Thomas of Ohio; aunt, Sylvia Bolling of Indiana; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Renee' Blakely c/o Kehl's Palmer Mortuary, 209 S. Alaska St., Palmer 99645; or to Key Bank, 1150 S. Colony Way, Palmer 99645.
Palmer resident Shirley Rae Blakely, 59, died Dec. 15, 1998, at Valley Hospital. Visitation was at Kehl's Palmer Mortuary Chapel. A funeral was at Kehl's Palmer Mortuary Chapel. Burial followed at Palmer Pioneer Cemetery.
Mrs. Blakely was born March 2, 1939, in Fenwick, W.Va. She attended high school in West Virginia, college through the Navy, and took several courses in Redding, Calif. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1960 and came to Alaska from Redding in 1982. She had managed the Glacier View and Palmer Tesoros. Her family said: ''Mrs. Blakely worked for Fisher's Fuel for several years. She enjoyed her work and loved all her co-workers like her own children. She loved to fish and camp and spent most of her summer days off camping with her fishing pole, family and her dog, Thumper, by her side. She loved people and shared her love with those around her. Her love for her children and grandchildren showed in everything she did. She was their support, their teacher and their best friend. She was a part of her grandkids' life in all aspects and was there to raise her granddaughters, Tifani and Ashlea, through the rough times. She will be missed more than words can express. ''She joins her mother, Olive, and brother, Larry, with God.'' Mrs. Blakely enjoyed taking care of her parrots, Michael and Chico, and spending her extra time with her kids and grandkids.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Renee' Blakely and Mark Loomis; sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Carol Blakely, and Mace Blakely and Becky Ling; grandchildren, Tifani, Ashlea, Keenan, Trisha, Traci, Shanna, Branden, Brianna and Cole Blakely, and Rosanna Loomis; brother, Charlie Thomas of Ohio; aunt, Sylvia Bolling of Indiana; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Renee' Blakely c/o Kehl's Palmer Mortuary, 209 S. Alaska St., Palmer 99645; or to Key Bank, 1150 S. Colony Way, Palmer 99645.
