Velma Derenzy and Simon Franklin Blake

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SIMON FRANKLIN BLAKE, son of ROSALIE FLEWELLING and GEORGE V. WASHBURN, was born February 25, 1898 in Kearney, Antrim, Michigan,⁴⁸⁹⁴ and died August 11, 1973 in Traverse City Osteopathic Hospital, Michigan.⁶⁰⁶¹ He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Bellaire, Antrim, Michigan.^{6061, 456}

He married VELMA DERENZY on January 4, 1930 in Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Michigan.⁶⁰⁶¹ She was born July 28, 1904 in Antrim County, Michigan,⁴⁵⁶ and died September 30, 1973 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Bellaire, Antrim, Michigan.⁴⁵⁶

• Simon Franklin Blake was also known as Simon Franklin Washburn. He changed his name to Blake after his mother remarried to James G. Blake.

• Education
• Work History
• Obituaries

• Census Records

• Memorial for Simon Franklin Blake on FindAGrave

• Descendant Reports
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Simon F. Blake)
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Simon F. Blake)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Simon F. Blake)
  • Charles Germaine Descendant Report (Ancestor of Simon F. Blake)

Children of VELMA DERENZY and SIMON FRANKLIN BLAKE:

1. Son
2. Son
3. Daughter

Education

• Velma Derenzy graduated from Graceland College, Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa in 1926.⁶⁷⁹⁶
  • Yearbook Inscription:
    "Shyness and modesty personified—always thoughtful of others."

Record-Eagle, August 13, 1973⁶⁰⁶¹

BLAKE. — Simon F. Blake, 75, a resident of Bellaire since 1933 and postmaster there for 20 years, passed away Saturday evening at Traverse City Osteopathic Hospital after a brief illness. He was born Feb. 25, 1898, in Kearney Township, Antrim County. He was appointed postmaster in 1943 and retired from that position in 1963. Prior to that he had been a butcher at Richards' store in Bellaire and had previously resided for 21 years in Tampa, Fla. On Jan. 4, 1930, he was married in Charlevoix, to the former Velma Derenzy who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Keith F. Blake of Dearborn and George W. Blake of Gambrillis; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Bacon and Mrs. Malvern (Rosalie) Lewis of East Jordan; a brother, Clare Washburn, and a sister, Mrs. Lucile Hatch both of Flint; and eight grandchildren. Mr. Blake was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons, the Postmasters Association, the Conservation Club of Bellaire and the Kearney Kommunity Klub. Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 2 at the Matthew Learned Funeral Home in Bellaire with Elder Vern Whiteford of the East Jordan Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints officiating. Interment will be made in Lakeview Cemetery, Bellaire. Memorials may be directed to the intensive care unit of the Travers City Osteopathic Hospital.