1920
Clara
2008
Clara Marie "pat" Blackwell
December 21, 1920 — September 21, 2008
Clara Marie "Pat" Vertican Blackwell of Maranatha Village, Sebring, FL, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, September 21, 2008 after a battle with cancer. For the past several months, she was living with her daughter in Young Harris, GA.
Pat was born on December 21, 1920 in Port Huron, Michigan; the second-youngest of 7 living children of Dorothea Bender Vertican and William Charles F. Vertican, all of whom have predeceased her. Her husband of 49 years, Stanley P. Blackwell passed away in 1987.
She is survived by her son Dr. Marc S. Blackwell, Sr. of Cape Town, South Africa and her daughter, Patricia Kolb of Young Harris, GA, 4 grandchildren, Marc S. Blackwell, Jr., Michael D. Blackwell, Michelle Janse van RensBurg all of South Africa, and Bret S. Kolb of Syracuse, NY, 8 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
For many years, Pat taught Ladies' Bible Seminars here in the United States and on several mission fields overseas. She was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church in Sebring, FL.
Graveside services will be held at Gulf Pines Memorial Park in Englewood, FL. on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. with Dr. Marc S. Blackwell, Sr. officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorial donations be made to the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE), Church Planting and Evangelism, Account # 0111083-006, P. O. Box 8585, Harrisburg, PA 17105, or to the Blairsville Gideon Camp Memorial Bible Fund, PO Box 521, Blairsville, GA 30514.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, Ga in charge of arrangements.
Pat was born on December 21, 1920 in Port Huron, Michigan; the second-youngest of 7 living children of Dorothea Bender Vertican and William Charles F. Vertican, all of whom have predeceased her. Her husband of 49 years, Stanley P. Blackwell passed away in 1987.
She is survived by her son Dr. Marc S. Blackwell, Sr. of Cape Town, South Africa and her daughter, Patricia Kolb of Young Harris, GA, 4 grandchildren, Marc S. Blackwell, Jr., Michael D. Blackwell, Michelle Janse van RensBurg all of South Africa, and Bret S. Kolb of Syracuse, NY, 8 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
For many years, Pat taught Ladies' Bible Seminars here in the United States and on several mission fields overseas. She was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church in Sebring, FL.
Graveside services will be held at Gulf Pines Memorial Park in Englewood, FL. on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. with Dr. Marc S. Blackwell, Sr. officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorial donations be made to the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE), Church Planting and Evangelism, Account # 0111083-006, P. O. Box 8585, Harrisburg, PA 17105, or to the Blairsville Gideon Camp Memorial Bible Fund, PO Box 521, Blairsville, GA 30514.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, Ga in charge of arrangements.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Clara Marie "pat" Blackwell, please visit our flower store.
Guestbook
Visits: 3
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors