Elbert Wesley Blackmer Submitted by April Hennes 1 Jul 2007 This file is part of the California Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/california/californ.html USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Appeal Democrat, July 12, 1956, Pg 23, Col. 4 Elbert Wesley Blackmer, 89, former Meridian area farmer died this morning in Colusa Memorial Hospital. Born near Meridian, at the time of his death he had retired from f arming. He had lived for the past six years with his daughter, Mrs. Lois Paletta, in Colusa. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Colusa Assembly of God Church of which he was a member. Burial will be in Meridian Cemetery. Arrangements are by McNary Memorial Chapel. Survivors in addition to Mrs. Paletta are two other daughters, Mrs. Mary Carnegie of Meridian and Mrs. Ruth Allen of Colusa; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.