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Cleo Anita <I>Tilbury</I> Blakney

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Cleo Anita Tilbury Blakney

Birth
Lexington, McLean County, Illinois, USA
Death
27 May 1995 (aged 96)
Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas, USA
Burial
Lexington, McLean County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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The Graveside Service Of Cleo Anita Tilbury Blakney, 96, of Windsong Village, Pearland, Texas, formerly of Lexington, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lexington Cemetery, the Rev. Keith Jones officiating.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Musselman-Beck Funeral Home, Lexington.

She died at 4:05 p.m. Saturday (May 27, 1995) at her home.

She was born May 19, 1899, in Lexington, a daughter of Harry Elias and Emma Albin Tilbury. She married David Jack Blakney in Lexington. He died in 1976.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Blakney played piano in the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus and Kresges in Chicago. She was known as "The Piano Lady" at the Lexington Scenic Theater, the Heights Towers and Windsong Village, Pearland, Texas.

Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
The Graveside Service Of Cleo Anita Tilbury Blakney, 96, of Windsong Village, Pearland, Texas, formerly of Lexington, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lexington Cemetery, the Rev. Keith Jones officiating.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Musselman-Beck Funeral Home, Lexington.

She died at 4:05 p.m. Saturday (May 27, 1995) at her home.

She was born May 19, 1899, in Lexington, a daughter of Harry Elias and Emma Albin Tilbury. She married David Jack Blakney in Lexington. He died in 1976.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Blakney played piano in the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus and Kresges in Chicago. She was known as "The Piano Lady" at the Lexington Scenic Theater, the Heights Towers and Windsong Village, Pearland, Texas.

Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.


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  • Added: Jan 9, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63945467/cleo_anita-blakney: accessed ), memorial page for Cleo Anita Tilbury Blakney (19 May 1899–27 May 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63945467, citing Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, McLean County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Julane (contributor 47251236).