More detail on this person: Wyman Udell
Blakeman, 75, Jefferson City, died Feb. 10, 2002,
at Capital Region Medical Center.
He was born Oct. 18, 1926, in Edgerton, Kan., a
son of Golder and Mabel Rohe Blakeman. He was
married June 27, 1976, in Williston, N.D., to
Marilyn Carlson, who survives at the home.
He was a graduate of Gardner High School,
Gardner, Kan. He retired as a lieutenant colonel
from the Marine Corps, serving in World War II and
the Korean and Vietman wars. He received the
Distinguished Flying Cross. He was a member of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Lohman.
Survivors include: one son, John Blakeman, Simi
Valley, Calif.; one daughter, Jill Foss, Solvang,
Calif.; one stepson, Kevin Kreisa, Cincinnati,
Ohio; one brother, Carroll Blakeman, Ottawa, Kan.;
two sisters, Ruby Coday, Osage City, Kan., and
Lavone Mann, Des Moines, Iowa; and two
grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St.
Paul's Lutheran Church. The Rev. Carl Gauck will
officiate. Burial with military honors will be in
the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the
church.
Memorials are suggested to St. Paul's Lutheran
Church or the American Heart Association.
Arrangements are under the direction of
Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home.
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