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Submitted: 8/30/15 • Approved: 8/30/15 • Last Updated: 4/12/18 • R774812-G774810-S3
Rolla
1933 - Feb. 16, 2015 Friendswood, Galveston, TX
Johnnie
Feb. 11, 1928 White Deer, Carson, TX - Sep. 26, 2009 TX
ROLLA "R.J." BLANKEN, 81, joined his beloved wife of 54 years, Johnnie Mae Ray Blanken, on Monday, February 16, 2015. He was a longtime resident of Friendswood, TX.
R.J. proudly served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War as a photographer, graduated from Arizona State University as a Mathematics Major, and went on to work for IBM retiring in 1991.
Johnnie Mae (Ray) Blanken, 81, a 38 year resident of Friendswood ,Texas passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2009 after a prolonged battle with lung cancer. She was born March 11, 1928 in White Deer, Texas to Asa Clyde and Theo Mae (Pearman) Ray. Johnnie's father passed away on November 11, 1928 after an oilfield accident. Both Johnnie and her mother, Theo Mae returned to Neosho, Missouri to reside with her loving extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins.
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