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							Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery. Mr. 
							Blackburn was a manufacturing representative. 
							He was born Sept. 26, 1915, in Xenia to Ralph N. 
							and Sada Price Blackburn. He married Mary K. Gupton 
							in Springfield on June 14, 1941. She died Oct. 18, 
							2004. 
							He is survived by one daughter, Janet (and Don) 
							Maxheimer of Mount Pulaski; one son, Jeffrey (and 
							Peggy) Blackburn of Petersburg; one brother, William 
							Blackburn of Colorado Springs, Colo.; five 
							grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. 
							He was also preceded in death by one brother and 
							one sister. 
							He was a member of the Mount Pulaski First United 
							Methodist Church, Mount Pulaski Masonic Lodge, 
							Valley of Springfield Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite 
							and Ansar Temple. 
							Memorials may be made to the Mount Pulaski First 
							United Methodist Church. 
							
							
							
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