 1920 - 2012 (92 years)
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| Name |
Geneva Wahoma Yoakum [1, 2] |
| Birth |
17 Oct 1920 |
Rosedale, McClain, Oklahoma, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Name |
Geneva W Blackwell [3, 4] |
| Residence |
1930 |
Hopping, McClain, Oklahoma, USA [2] |
| Residence |
1972 |
Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, USA [4] |
| Death |
3 Dec 2012 |
St Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA [3] |
- Funeral Services for Geneva Wahoma (Yoakum) Blackwell, age 92, are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 6, 2012, at the Wilson-Little Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at the cemetery. Mrs. Blackwell passed away at St. Anthony's Hospital.
Born in the Signal Hill Community near Rosedale, Geneva was the daughter of Dennis A. and Eva Velma (Jaye) Yoakum. Upon her graduation from Rosedale High School in 1938, she moved to OKC where she worked as a secretary in the public school system.
On 6 Sept 1941, she married Troy Blackwell. During World War II, she worked at the Douglas Aircraft plant near OKC and then with John A. Brown & Co. During the late 60's and 70's she was employed at the University of Oklahoma.
In 1956, Troy, Geneva and family moved from OKC to the Blackwell family farm east of Wayne. She resided here, working alongside Troy and their four children through the years, until failing health necessitated her moving to an assisted living center in Paul's Valley, OK in 2011. Further health challenges resulted in her move to Wynnewood, OK, nursing facility in the final months of her life.
A member of the First Baptist Church of Wayne for over 50 years, she delighted in her children, grandchildren and extended family. She enjoyed cooking delicious meals for them and the many friends that came with them to her table.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her infant brother Bland Dale and his twin sister, Frankie Vandale; her husband of 69 years, in 2010; her brother, James Harold, in 2003 and her sister, Dennisteen Van Wagoner, in 2004.
Survivors include: one daughter and son-in-law: Carolyn and Jim Lester; three sons and daughters-in-law: Alan and Joleta Blackwell; Rick and Melonie Blackwell and Bob and Fonda Blackwell; one brother: Dennis J. and wife, Hazel, ; 2 sisters-in-law: Ludia Yoakum and Betty Cotten; 18 Grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and 7 Great-Great Grandchildren.
- Age at Death: 92
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| Burial |
6 Dec 2012 |
Paoli Cemetery, Paoli, Garvin, Oklahoma, USA [5] |
| Person ID |
I19948 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
Dennis Augustus Yoakum, b. 8 Jun 1901, Rosedale, McClain, Oklahoma, USA d. 11 Jan 1990, Wayne, McClain, Oklahoma, USA (Age 88 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Eva Velma Jaye, b. 28 Jul 1902, Kingston, Marshall, Oklahoma, USA d. 4 Apr 1986, Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, USA (Age 83 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
5 Oct 1918 |
Rosedale, McClain, Oklahoma, USA |
| Family ID |
F6971 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Troy Blackwell, b. 23 Apr 1919, Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA d. 14 May 2010, Wayne, McClain, Oklahoma, USA (Age 91 years) |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F6975 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Birth - 17 Oct 1920 - Rosedale, McClain, Oklahoma, USA |
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 | Residence - 1972 - Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, USA |
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| Sources |
- [S275] The Dedmon Ancestors in FTM.FBC.FTW.
Date of Import: Oct 24, 2001
- [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
Year: 1930; Census Place: Hopping, McClain, Oklahoma; Roll: 1912; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 845.0.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=94221586&indiv=try
[ View Federal Census Document]
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=94221586&indiv=try
- [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Issue State: Oklahoma; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Record for Geneva Blackwell
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=92953456&indiv=try
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=92953456&indiv=try
- [S396] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
Record for Geneva W Blackwell
- [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101658281
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101658281.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101658281
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