1/17/1939 - 12/28/2018
Susan Kay Blackford age 79 of Portland passed away Friday December 28,
2018 in the IU Health Jay County Hospital. She was born in Portland October
17, 1939 the daughter of J Edwin and Kathryn (Straley) Beard. She was
married September 7, 1958 to Ralph Blackford who survives. She was a
receptionist at Sheller-Globe Corporation and retired from Stewart Brothers
Furniture in Dunkirk. She was a member of West Walnut Street Church of
Christ, Delta Theta Tau Sorority, Portland Kiwanis Club as secretary, 1957
Portland High School graduate and was an avid card player.
Surviving are
her husband Ralph, one son David Blackford (wife Jennifer) of Portland and
one daughter Barbara Caster (husband Bill) of Portland, one sister Rebecca
Ann Bailey of New Castle, IN., Five grandchildren and Eight great
grandchildren
Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:00 AM in the
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Pastor Gil Alicea presiding. Burial will
follow in the Green Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 3:00 –
7:00 PM. Memorials can be made to the West Walnut Street Church of Christ or
State of the Heart Hospice.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home;
12/30/2018
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Green Park Cemetery