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Alma Frances Jones Blasingame

Birth	:	7 Apr 1901 Durham, Butte County, California, USA
Death	:	30 Oct 1996 Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Burial	:	Glen Oaks Memorial Park, Chico, Butte County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.7076721, -121.8084641
Plot	:	Garden of Peace, Lot 710, Sp 1
Description	:	An accomplished researcher and historian, interested in the connections of families in Durham, Alma shared much of her work with others. At the end of her life, Alma passed her collection of Butte County records - marriages, Great Register, burial records, deeds, etc. to Adele Coon Hackett, who then passed them on to her daughter Carolyn Hackett Dowd. They have been uploaded via Ancestry.com to be used for other Butte County researchers. Thank you, Alma!! Alma Jones Blasingame, was born to George Washington and Mary Frances (Taylor) Jones, on April 7, 1901. After graduating from high school in... Read More	An accomplished researcher and historian, interested in the connections of families in Durham, Alma shared much of her work with others. At the end of her life, Alma passed her collection of Butte County records - marriages, Great Register, burial records, deeds, etc. to Adele Coon Hackett, who then passed them on to her daughter Carolyn Hackett Dowd. They have been uploaded via Ancestry.com to be used for other Butte County researchers. Thank you, Alma!! Alma Jones Blasingame, was born to George Washington and Mary Frances (Taylor) Jones, on April 7, 1901. After graduating from high school in 1921, she moved to San Francisco to attend secretarial school. Following graduation, she returned to Durham and later took a job as secretary with the Chico Chamber of Commerce. She married Ralph Kendall Blasingame in 1923. (div: 1938, per Chico Record, 18 May 1938) After her husband's death in 1938, she took a job in the Butte County courthouse where she worked until retirement in 1961. She was devoted to her family and enjoyed researching local history, genealogy, gardening and travel. She was the mother of three sons and at the time of her death in 1996, the grandmother of nine and great-grandmother of 20, as well as having six great-great-grandchildren. Her very active life centered on her family in Durham. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile, Durham Woman's Club and the Butte County Historical Society, in which she was a past secretary on the board of directors. She also contributed many articles to the Society's Diggins publication. It was through Alma's thorough reading of the daily newspaper that word was received by the eventual committee who saved the Durham Cemetery from having condominiums built on it. She gave of her knowledge, to local historians and genealogists, as well as contributing to the fabric that made Durham the town it was and continues to be. She recalled with perfect clarity the layout of buildings long dismantled, and historical research as well as digging on the site showed remnants of the locations, just as she had remembered. There were few questions having to do with "old time" Durham that Alma could not answer. Between her recollections, memorabilia, and that of Ruby Taylor Ravekes, much of the history of our little town has been recorded in various publications in the past 10 years. In 1977 she was named Durham Parade and Picnic's Woman of the Year. - Biography in the work "Nonpareils of Durham", published in 2009 by Adriana Farley. Chico Enterprise-Record, Saturday, November 2, 1996: "Alma Blasingame. Private burial is planned for Alma Blasingame, 95, who died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1996, at a Chico hospital. "She was born April 7, 1901, to Durham residents George and Mary Jones. After graduating from high school in 1921, she moved to San Francisco to attend secretarial school. Following graduation, she moved to Durham and later took a job as secretary with the Chico Chamber of Commerce. "On Sept. 15, 1923, she married Ralph Blasingame. After her husband's death in 1938, she took a job in the Butte County courthouse where she worked until retirement in 1961. She was devoted to her family and enjoyed researching local history, genealogy, gardening and travel. "Mrs. Blasingame was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile, Durham Women's Club and the Butte County Historical Society, in which she was a past secretary on the board of directors. She also contributed many articles to the Society's "Diggins" publication. "She is survived by a son, Jack of Occidental; and nine grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. "Memorial contributions may be made to the Durham Women's Club in care of Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home, which is in charge of the arrangements."

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Where is Alma Frances Jones Blasingame's memorial?
Alma Frances Jones Blasingame's memorial is located at: Glen Oaks Memorial Park, Chico, Butte County, USA.
When did Alma Frances Jones Blasingame death?
Alma Frances Jones Blasingame death on 30 Oct 1996 in Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Alma Frances Jones Blasingame's memorial?
Latitude: 39.7076721
Longitude: -121.8084641

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lieut Ralph Kendall Blasingame

(1892 - 1938)

Siblings

Guy Peter Jones

(1896 - 1971)

Charles Irvin Jones

(1903 - 1990)

George Warren Jones

(1910 - 1959)

Children

Ralph Kendall Blasingame II

(1925 - 1991)

George Taylor Blasingame

(1928 - 1964)

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