More detail on this person: A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000, in
Forest Grove Memorial Chapel for Edward B. Blackman, who died Aug. 4 at age 80.
Mr. Edward B. Blackman was born Feb. 16, 1920, in Orlando, Fla., and moved to Jennings Lodge in
1929. He graduated from West Linn High School and attended the University of Washington before
serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in China during World War II. After the war, he flew planes for
United Airlines, then returned to the Army, serving in the Korean and Vietnam wars before retiring
in 1970. He had lived in Forest Grove since 1973, and in the late 1970s taught welding for Portland
Community College. He was divorced from his first wife, Leola. He married Patricia Hutchinson in
1951; she died in 1995.
Survivors include his sons, Gary, Jon, Stephen and Robert; daughters, Terry A. and Bonnie J.; six
grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Interment will be in Willamette National Cemetery. The family suggests remembrances to the
technology fund at Visitation Catholic Church.
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