Florence Neoma (Houghtby) Blankenship (1922 - 2020)

Born 26 Jul 1922 in Milan Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Sep 2020 at age 98 in Issaquah, King, Washington, United States

Biography

The daughter of Earl Houghtby Sr and Edith (Drinkwater) Houghtby, Florence Houghtby was born in Milan Township, Michigan in 1922.^{[citation needed]} By 1940, her family had established their household in Blissfield, Michigan.^[1] Florence graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, matriculating with a Bachelor of Arts in English.^{[citation needed]} She enlisted during World War II, serving as a Storekeeper 1 in the United States Navy.^{[citation needed]} After the war, she was discharged to California, where she nd married Arnold William Blankenship (1920-2006), the son of William Petway Blankenship and Mary Etta Gabehart, marrying in Los Angeles County on July 24, 1947.^[2] They made their home in Tustin and Santa Ana, California,^[3] in La Verne, California.^[4]

Florence and her husband later moved to Thurston, Washington, where Arnold Blankenship passed away.^{[citation needed]} Florence Blankenship passed away in Issaquah, Washington^{[citation needed]} at the age of 98 and is buried with her husband at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Washington.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : accessed 20 September 2022), Michigan > Lenawee > Blissfield Township, Blissfield > 46-16 Blissfield Township, Blissfield Village, County Normal Training School > image 29 of 58; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
2. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KN-LFW : 18 August 2022), Arnold William Blankenship and Florence Neoma Houghtby, 1947.
3. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB3X-687 : 18 January 2020), Florence Blankenship, 1993.
4. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJXK-9KNW : 4 June 2020), Florence Blankenbaker, 1998.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:63GW-5C3Z : 18 December 2020), Florence Neoma Houghtby Blankenship, Burial, Kent, King, Washington, United States of America, Tahoma National Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #216547871