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Continued: North English Record; November 19, 1964 Services held Sunday for Nellie Blair, 77 Mfr Nellie Carter Blair, age 77, widow of Frank Blair, died at 7 pmon Thursday, November 12 at the Keokuk County hospital in Sigourney,where she been a patient for only two hours. Aresident of North English for many years, she had resided for thelast seven years in Sigourney at the Bales Fuest home. Funeral services for Mrs Blair were held at 2:00 o'clock Sundayafternoon, Nov 15, 1964, with the Rev Fred Woolsey officiating. Music was furnished by Miss Kathy Coffman, soloist and Eddna Gilmore,organist. Burial was made in the North English cemeter. Casket bearers were: William Coffman, Claude Green, Lloyd Bickford,Carl Hogendorn, Lowell Churchill and Charles Coxe. Nellie Carter was born in Iowa county, October 2, 1887, the daughterof Ellsworth and Margaret Claypool Carter, and died at Sigourney,Iowa, November 12 at the age of 77 years, one month and ten days. She was married to Frank Blair on December 25, 1906. Mr Blair diedin 1928. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs Mabel Pine of Sigourney, MrsDonald (Mildred)Coffman of Norrh English and Mrs Dorothy Curik of NewBerlin, Wis; five sons: Forrest of Evanston, Ill., Ralph of Marion;Dean of Oskaloosa; Lynn, serving in the Army in Panama, and Robert ofDes Moines; also 18 grandchildren; three sisters. Mrs Joe HallieAldrich of Nassau, Minn., Alice Tondee of California and LottieSeymour of Minneapolis, Minn and one brother. Blaine Carter of Tintah,Minn. Main Street Musings, by editor Carl Hogendord I, along with many others, was saddened by the death of Nellie Blair.Mrs Blair was one of the very first good friends I got to know when Iarrived in North English over 30 years ago. She was cooking inMahannah's Caf� then, and it was always a pleasure to visit wit her afew minutes nearly every day. "Nell" as she was called by everyone,served ad cook in that caf� for 28 years - and had a reputation farand wide as one of the very best cooks in eastern Iowa. Nell was agentle and kindly woman and I never saw her say an unkind word aboutanyone. During World Warr II, she was a worried by proud mother ofsix children in the service of their country. All five of her sonsand one daughter served in various branches of the service.
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