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Glenn Orrin Blocksome

Birth	:	28 May 1895 Lincoln, Lincoln County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	15 Jun 1964 Ransom, Ness County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Ransom Cemetery, Ransom, Ness County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.6316986, -99.9156036
Description	:	Father of Richard K. & Juanita Blocksome Glenn O. Blocksome, 69, well known Ransom man, passed away in the hospital there on Monday, June 15, following a short illness. He had been a mail carrier out of the Ransom post office for some 46 years, retiring in 1963. He was born May 28, 1895, at Lincoln Center, Kansas, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Blocksome. The family moved to the Ransom community when he was a child, and he had since resided there. He was united in marriage to Baye Van Horn on May 4, 1916, at WaKeeney, who survives... Read More	Father of Richard K. & Juanita Blocksome Glenn O. Blocksome, 69, well known Ransom man, passed away in the hospital there on Monday, June 15, following a short illness. He had been a mail carrier out of the Ransom post office for some 46 years, retiring in 1963. He was born May 28, 1895, at Lincoln Center, Kansas, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Blocksome. The family moved to the Ransom community when he was a child, and he had since resided there. He was united in marriage to Baye Van Horn on May 4, 1916, at WaKeeney, who survives him. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lyle R. (Wauneta) Hafliger of WaKeeney; a son, Keith Blocksome of Ransom; a sister, Mrs. Ivan Wilson of Guymon, Okla.; a brother, Don Blocksome of Topeka; six grandchildren, other relatives and many friends. Funeral services were held from the First Mennonite Church in Ransom Wednesday afternoon, June 17, at 2:00 o’clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. P.K. Regier. Interment was in the Ransom cemetery with Fitzgerald’s in charge. Ness Co. News, June 18, 1964 ---------------------------------------------------- OBITUARY Glenn Orrin Blocksome, son of George W. and Pearl Marcellus Blocksome, was born May 28, 1895, at Lincoln Center, Kansas. He passed away June 15, 1964, at the Grisell Memorial Hospital, thus reaching an age of 69 years and 18 days. He attended the Ransom public schools and spent nearly all of his life in the Ransom community. On May 4, 1916, he was united in marriage with Baye Van Horn at WaKeeney, with whom he shared life’s joys and sorrows for 48 years. To this union two children were born, both of whom survive him. One of his greatest joys were his six grandchildren. With them he spent many happy hours. By profession he was a mail carrier and carried mail on a Ransom rural route from 1917 to 1963. He took delight in accommodating others and doing favors in his relationship to the public by which he endeared himself to the people whom he served and made many friends. He also served as a barber in Ransom for many years. He entered into retirement in 1963. Those who survive his departure are his widow, Mrs. Baye Blocksome of the home; a son, Keith, and his wife, Kathryn, of Ransom; a daughter, Mrs. Wauneta Hafliger, and her husband, Lyle, of WaKeeney; a brother, Donald, of Topeka; a sister, Mrs. Ivan (Loula) Wilson of Guymon, Okla.; six grandchildren; many nephews and nieces and other relatives and friends. Ness Co. News, June 25, 1964

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Glenn Orrin Blocksome death on 15 Jun 1964 in Ransom, Ness County, Kansas, USA
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Family Members:

Parent

George Washington Blocksome

(1846 - 1941)

Pearl Sebina Marcellus Blocksome

(1861 - 1915)

Spouse

Erla Baye Van Horn Blocksome

(1897 - 1988)

Siblings

Harry Eugene Welch

(1880 - 1945)

Georgia Marcellus Blocksome Hulls

(1893 - 1962)

Donald Earl Blocksome

(1900 - 1974)

Children

Richard Keith “Keith” Blocksome

(1919 - 1996)

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