| Glidden
Deanna Blackley
Deanna J. Blackley, 62, of Glidden Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001,
at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll following a long illness.
Mass of the Christian burial was held this morning, Monday, Sept.
17, at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Glidden with the Rev.
Peter Duc Nyugen as celebrant. Lector was Jerry Mathine. Gift bearers
were grandchildren Megan and Matthew Blackley.
Casket bearers were Jack Moorman, Ed Swain, Don Wiederin, Don
Pottroff, Norman Soyer and Byron Nair. Honorary casket bearers were grandchildren.
Burial was in Dillavou Cemetery near Scranton.
She was born Dec. 13, 1938, at Carroll, a daughter of Lawrence
and Delores (Loneman) Zacker. She graduated from Carroll High School in
1956 then worked at Mutual of Omaha Insurance in Omaha, Neb., for two years.
She and Romayne Blackley were married June 21, 1958, at St.
Lawrence Catholic Church in Carroll with Father Peckas as celebrant.
Mrs. Blackley resided in the Ralston and Glidden communities most
of her life. She was a homemaker and taught ceramics at New Hope Village
in Carroll for 10 years.
She enjoyed playing cards and computer games. She was a member of
St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church and Ladies Guild in Glidden. She
also belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary, the Glidden Birthday
Bunch and The Pinochle Club for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Romayne, of Glidden, Iowa; three
sons and their wives: David and Peg Blackley of Atlanta, Ga., Jeff and
Angela Blackley of Mason City and Mike and Monica Blackley of Sioux
City; seven grandchildren; her mother, Delores "Dee" Baumhover,
of Carroll; a sister, Marsha Simons, and her husband, Dick, of Glidden;
two brothers: Jack Zacker and his wife, Ann, of Carroll and Kenneth
Baumhover of Carroll; and her father, Lawrence Zacker, and his wife, Bev, of Oregon.
Mrs. Blackley was preceded in death by her parents-in-law, Howard
and Dorothy Blackley; and her stepfather, Clarence Baumhover.
(Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Monday, September 17, 2001, p. 3) |
