Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Ola E. Blagrave
Washington Times Herald
Tues, 27 Jan 1970, p1
OLA E. BLAGRAVE DIES AT HOSPITAL
Miss Ola E. Blagrave, 75, 10 Northeast 15th Street, died at 2:10 a.m.
today at the Daviess County Hospital. She had been seriously ill since
suffering a fall last December 17. Miss Blagrave was educated in Daviess
county schools and was a member of Christ United Methodist Church,
Order of Eastern Star and the White Shrine. She helped organize the
Rainbow Girls and the Theta Rho. Miss Blagrave was employed by the
Reliance Manufacturing Company for 25 years and also worked at the
U.S. Rubber Company. She was born September 14, 1894, in Daviess county,
a daughter of William E. and Lillian A. (White) Blagrave. Survivors
include two sisters, Mrs. Richard (Hazel) Reel, Vincennes and Mrs.
Orpha Hagerty, Washington; two brothers, Theodore Blagrave, Vincennes,
and William N. (Bill) Blagrave, Scottsburg, Indiana. She was preceded
in death by two sisters, Mrs. Ermal Deckard, who died in 1951, and
another sister, who died in infancy. A brother, Zenas Blagrave, died
in 1962. Funeral services will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Gill Funeral
Home with the Rev. Dr. William E. Hughes officiating and burial in
Old Union Cemetery at Alfordsville. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The Eastern Star will hold services at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Contributed by Sandra Hedrick Allen