Charles M. Blakely |
| Posted 2008-03-12 by Sharon |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ June 1, 1956 Father Of Local Man Is Summoned Funeral services were held last Saturday afternoon in Mesa for Charles M. Blakely, Sr., father of Charles M. Blakely of Wickenburg, operator of Blakely's service station west of town. The senior Mr. Blakely passed away May 24 in the California Lutheran Hospital in Los Angeles where he had been a patient for a month. He was 72 years of age and had been a resident of Arizona since he was six years old. Born in Webster City, Ia., Mr. Blakely moved to Mesa and later delivered mail there by horse and buggy and later by motorcycle. He worked as a parts man in a Ford agency after finishing his rural mail carrier service. Moving to Gilbert, Mr. Blakely operated an auto agency of his own until 1938. He then established a general merchandise store which is still in operation. He was a member of the Gilbert Community Methodist Church, a former Gilbert school board member and a director of the Mesa Southside District Hospital. He was also active on the Roosevelt Boy Scout Council. Besides his son in Wickenburg, he is survived by two other sons, Monroe Blakely of Phoenix and M. Vincent of Tucson, and a daughter, Mrs. John L. See Also: Find a Grave |
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