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Earl Ray Blue
1890 - 1959
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- Earl Blue Of Hospers Passes On
Earl R, Blue, 69, former school superintendent at Hospers, now retired,
died Sunday night following a heart attack.
Mr. Blue was born Feb. 13, 1890 at Washta. He married Ella Woolridge Sept.
14, 1917 at Sioux City. He was a veteran of World War I. He retired a few
years ago but the couple continued to make their home in Hospers.
Surviving are Mrs. Blue; a son Donald of Pittsburg, Kans; a daughter, Mrs.
Darlene Bullard, Boone; 16 grandchildren; three brothers, Clarence of
Sioux City, Emery of Lincoln, Neb., Arthur of Mount Vernon, Ia. and a
sister, Mrs. Joy Bixby of LeMars.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Hospers Presbyterian church in
charge of Rev. Henry Rikkers. Burial was in the Grand Meadow cemetery near
Washta.
Mr. Blue's hobby was grafting fruit trees and he was considered an
authority on this subject having been successful with his own trees and
those of neighbors and friends.
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source: Democrat, Alton, Iowa, 7 May 1959, page 8, column 2
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- Funeral services for Earl Ray Blue, 69, were held
Wednesday, May 6, 1959, at the Presbyterian Church in Hospers, Iowa. Mr.
Blue was born at Washta, Iowa, on February 13, 1890. He married Miss Ella
Woolridge at Sioux City on September 14, 1917. She is a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Jack Woolridge of Correctionville and graduated from the
Correctionville High School in 1910. Mrs. R.B. Van Houten and Mrs. Delilah
Thom are her cousins.
Deceased was a school teacher and superintendent of public schools his
entire life. Following his last position as superintendent of Hospers
Public School, they retired in Hospers. Mr. Blue passed away suddenly
Sunday evening, May 3, 1959, at his home.
Survivors include the widow, a son Donald of Pittsburg, Kansas, and a
daughter, Mrs. Douglas (Darlene) Bullard of Boone, Iowa. A son, Kenneth,
died in infancy. Also surviving are six grandchildren and three brothers,
Clarence of Sioux City, Emory of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Arthur of Mt. Ayr,
Iowa.
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source: News, Correctionville, Iowa, 28 May 1959, page 1
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Earl Ray Blue: born 13 Feb 1890, Washta, Cherokee
County, Iowa - died 3 May 1959, Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa
Grave marker at Grand Meadow Cemetery, Washta, Cherokee County, Iowa
Husband of: Ella Delora Woolridge, born 1892 -
died 1977
Father of:
Kenneth Edwin Blue (1921–1922)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 43792177
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