Vera Agnes "Fuzzy" Blankinship

1915 - 2002  (86 years)

• Name	Vera Agnes "Fuzzy" Blankinship
  Born	14 Sep 1915	Cheek, Oklahoma
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Allen, Murray County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Census	1940	Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Died	5 Feb 2002  [3]
  Buried	Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma   [4]
  Person ID	I425330	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Epps Blankenship,   b. 29 May 1893, Oklahoma ,   d. 12 May 1964  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Beeda Chandler,   b. 22 May 1898, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Jul 1995  (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F11574	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Noel Edwin Lane,   b. 16 Sep 1907, Arkansas ,   d. 19 Oct 1978  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Sep 1930	Greer County, Oklahoma   [5]
  Children	1. Paul James Lane,   b. 12 Jul 1932, Granite, Oklahoma ,   d. 13 Mar 2015  (Age 82 years)   2. Leon Richard Lane,   b. Abt 1934, Oklahoma  (Age ~ 90 years)   3. LaVonne N. Lane,   b. Abt 1936, Oklahoma  (Age ~ 88 years)   4. Sammy Ray Lane,   b. 8 Jun 1952,   d. 28 Feb 1963  (Age 10 years)
  Family ID	F169773	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Lewis
  Family ID	F169774	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1920. Name Agnes V Blankenship Event Type Census Event Date 1920 Event Place Allen, Murray, Oklahoma, United States Gender Female Age 5 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Daughter Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Daughter Birth Year (Estimated) 1915 Birthplace Oklahoma Father's Birthplace Oklahoma Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Sheet Letter B Sheet Number 13 HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE Cyrus E Blankenship Head M 27 Oklahoma Berda Blankenship Wife F 22 Tennessee Agnes V Blankenship Daughter F 5 Oklahoma Oscar A Blankenship Son M 1 Oklahoma Ernest V Blankenship Son M 0 Oklahoma [S112] Census, 1940. Name Vera A Lane Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Arapaho, Arapaho Town, Custer, Oklahoma, United States Gender Female Age 24 Marital Status Married Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife Relationship to Head of Household Wife Birthplace Oklahoma Birth Year (Estimated) 1916 Last Place of Residence Granite, Greer, Oklahoma HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE Noel E Lane Head M 32 Arkansas Vera A Lane Wife F 24 Oklahoma Paul J Lane Son M 7 Oklahoma Leon R Lane Son M 6 Oklahoma Lavonne N Lane Daughter F 4 Oklahoma [S142] Newspaper Article, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), 6 Feb 2002. LEWIS Vera Agnes Blankinship Lane Lewis went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, February 5. She was born September 14, 1915 in Cheek, Ok to Cyrus E. and Beeda Chandler Blankinship who preceded her in death. Vera married Noel E. Lane in 1930 and they had three children Paul J., Leon, and LaVonne. In her extraordinary life she guided her family through the great depression, two wars and became a loved and respected matriarch of her family. Her career included many years of civil service at Tinker Air Force Base, where she served as a parachute packer during WWII and retired as a logistics specialist. Her family's heritage of service was further noted by membership in both the Malcom Hunter Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She served in many executive capacities of the DAR, and volunteered hundreds of hours at Veterans Hospital in Oklahoma City. Vera is survived by sons Paul J. and his wife Hettie Lane, Leon and his wife Wanda Lane, and daughter LaVonne Whitney, brothers Alvin and his wife LaDonna Blankinship , Oscar and Ovitt Blankinship . Mom, "Fuzzy," and "Mimi" was loved and cherished and will be greatly missed by her three children, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM Thursday February 7, 2002 in the Guardian West Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Resurrection Memorial Cemetery. GUARDIAN WEST 41 & N. MacArthur 495-9292 [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 57821301). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Noel Edwin Lane Titles and Terms Mr Event Type Marriage Event Date 09 Sep 1930 Event Place , Greer, Oklahoma, United States Gender Male Age 22 Birth Year (Estimated) 1908 Spouse's Name Vera Blankinship Spouse's Titles and Terms Miss Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1912 Page 371 "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159394-167775-53?cc=1709399 : 26 November 2014), 1902487 (004532861) > image 735 of 1642; county courthouses, Oklahoma.