Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Blair, Erastus A. 1928
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The Payette Independent 12-13-1928
The Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, December 13, 1928
 
E. A. BLAIR HAS PASSED AWAY
 
Friday morning of last week the friends of E. A. Blair were surprised and 
grieved to learn that he had passed away.  Although he had been a sufferer 
from asthma for many years, his death was quite sudden and was unexpected.  He 
had caught cold and had an attack of asthma which weakened his heart and he 
went suddenly.  
 
Erastus Ardrey Blair was born at Panora, Iowa, September 9th, 1891, where he 
grew to manhood and was united in matrimony to Miss Lou Grove, September 22nd, 
1883.
 
To this union were born four children, three daughters, Leela Myrtle, Dottie, 
M.,  Fawn Creo and one son, Vere Ardrey.  Dottie died in infancy.
 
Mr. Blair moved his family to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1906 where they 
resided two years, afterwards moving to Payette, Idaho where Mrs. Blair died 
January 4th, 1922.
 
September 4th, 1923 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Luella E. Sullivan.  He 
leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, and three children, namely, Mrs. Theron 
Mead of La Grande, Ore.; Mrs. Grover Stuart of Pendleton; and Vere Blair of La 
Grande, Ore. and one granddaughter, Elaine Stuart, and T. J. Brown, a nephew 
of the deceased of Grand View, Wash. who was here to attend the funeral, also 
three brothers, H. K. Blair, of Knoxville, Iowa; J. F. Blair of Sargeant, 
Minn.; and Marion Fletcher Blair deceased, and two sisters, Mary Margarite 
Blair of Knoxville, Ia., and Sophia Arminta Brown, of Panora, Iowa.
 
Mr. Blair had been a patient sufferer from asthma for many years and was a 
firm believer in the Christian faith, although he was not affiliated with any 
church at the time of his death.  He passed away on Friday morning, December 
7th, 1928.
 
Funeral services were held at the Peterson undertaking parlor at 2 o'clock 
Monday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. Coffman, of Fruitland, in the 
absence of Rev. Sam Bollinger who was sick.  Interment took place at Riverside 
cemetery.

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