BORN OCT 14,1932 AT LITTLE WASHINGTON, PA., HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JAMES WILLIAM AND CATHERINE IMELDA(JACQUE)BLACKA. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR BROTHERS, JAMES W. BLACKA JR., EUGENE BLACKA, RUSSELL BLACKA AND DONALD BLACKA. MR. BLACKA WAS A RETIRED COAL MINER WITH THE ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY. HE ATTENDED KEYSER HIGH SCHOOL, THE SUNNYSIDE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE PAULINE L. (GENTRY) BLACKA; TWO DAUGHTERS, DEBRA BLANK, CUMBERLAND, AND BRENDA CLARK, FORT ASHBY; ONE SISTER BETTY JOHNSON, KEYSER; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, MELISSA BLANK, MATTHEW BLANK, ANDREA BLANK, JADA CLARK , SHANNON CLARK, HOLLY CLARK AND ADAM CLARK.
FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE ROTRUCK-SMITH FUNERAL HOME, KEYSER, ON TUESDAY FROM 2 TO 4P.M. AND 7 TO 9 P.M. SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY AT 11A.M. IN THE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. HERMAN L. BALILES OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE IN THE POTOMAC MEMORIAL GARDENS.
BORN OCT 14,1932 AT LITTLE WASHINGTON, PA., HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JAMES WILLIAM AND CATHERINE IMELDA(JACQUE)BLACKA. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR BROTHERS, JAMES W. BLACKA JR., EUGENE BLACKA, RUSSELL BLACKA AND DONALD BLACKA. MR. BLACKA WAS A RETIRED COAL MINER WITH THE ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY. HE ATTENDED KEYSER HIGH SCHOOL, THE SUNNYSIDE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE PAULINE L. (GENTRY) BLACKA; TWO DAUGHTERS, DEBRA BLANK, CUMBERLAND, AND BRENDA CLARK, FORT ASHBY; ONE SISTER BETTY JOHNSON, KEYSER; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, MELISSA BLANK, MATTHEW BLANK, ANDREA BLANK, JADA CLARK , SHANNON CLARK, HOLLY CLARK AND ADAM CLARK.
FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE ROTRUCK-SMITH FUNERAL HOME, KEYSER, ON TUESDAY FROM 2 TO 4P.M. AND 7 TO 9 P.M. SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY AT 11A.M. IN THE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. HERMAN L. BALILES OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE IN THE POTOMAC MEMORIAL GARDENS.
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