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Donald Herbert Blakely BIRTH 12 Feb 1921 Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, USA DEATH 28 Aug 1988 (aged 67) Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, USA BURIAL Mountain View Cemetery Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, USA MEMORIAL ID 112105568 · View Source
MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 0 ORWELL, VT. - Donald Herbert Blakely, age 67, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning, August 28th 1988 at the Porter Medical Center in Middlebury, Vt.
He was born on February 12th 1921 in Rutland, Vt., he was the son of Robert and Lucy (Graver) Blakely.
He grew up in West Tinmouth, Vt. and graduated from Granville, N.Y., High School in 1938.
He married Vera Elizabeth Cooper in 1948. Together they had two children; one son and one daughter.
He was a Dairy Farmer all his life. He Owned and Operated Blakelyacres Farm in Orwell, Vt. at the time of his death.
He was a member of the Holstein-Freisian Association of America, the Farm Bureau, the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association, and the First Congregational Church of Orwell, Vt.
He was past master of Independence Lodge No. 10 A&FM. He was vice president of the First National Bank of Orwell, Vt.
He had been a Lister for the Town of Orwell, Vt. for several years.
He was predeceased by his parents, and one son; Robert Walton Blakely in 1977.
Arrangements by the Mallory Funeral Home on 4 South Park Place in Fair Haven, Vt.
A private burial will take place at the Mountain View Cemetery in Orwell, Vt.
Family Members Parents Photo Robert Walton Blakely 1891–1926
Photo Lucy Barrett Grover Blakely 1892–1983
Spouse Photo Vera Elizabeth Cooper Blakely 1928 – unknown (m. 1948)
Siblings Photo Barbara Blakely 1918–2007
Children Photo Alice Elizabeth Blakely Marsh 1949 – unknown
Robert Walton Blakely 1951–1977
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1921 |
February 12, 1921
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Rutland, Rutland County, VT, United States
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1949 |
October 21, 1949
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Middlebury, Addison County, VT, United States
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1951 |
November 16, 1951
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Middlebury, Addison County, VT, United States
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1988 |
August 28, 1988
Age 67
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Middlebury, Addison County, VT, United States
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Mountain View Cemetery, Orwell, Addison County, VT, United States
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