ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BLACKMAN, MARTHA R 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Bagnell & Son Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Friday, March 16, 2012

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BLACKMAN, MARTHA R 
August 4, 1943 - March 16, 2012 	

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Artist and owner of Mandeville Glassworks Studio, Martha Randolph Blackman 
passed away peacefully at sunrise in her studio on Friday, March 16, 2012. 

Her strong spirit and creative life propelled her to produce hundreds of 
significant pieces in mediums of stained glass installations, glass sculpture, 
fusion glass, iron & bronze sculpture, acrylics, charcoal, pastel, pen & ink, 
poetry and photography. 
As a Master Gardener, this also was incorporated into her work. 

She was a graduate of Bolton High School in Alexandria, attended All Saints 
Episcopal High School in Vicksburg, MS, and Amarillo Jr. College, Amarillo, TX. 

Throughout her life she studied with accomplished artists in New York, New 
Mexico and the South. She was a passionate and active supporter for controlled-
growth and preservation to maintain the character and quality of life in 
Mandeville. 

She was preceded in death by her mother, Martha Anne Blackman Connors, father, 
Wilbur Fisk Blackman, sister Anne Lobdell Blackman, and stepfather Thomas John 
Connors. 

She is survived by her former husband, Kenneth Sollberger, her sister, 
Elizabeth Ashton Blackman, two sons, Vaughan and Peter Sollberger, daughters-
in-law Stefani and Edie Clair Sollberger, grandchildren Avery and Adelaide 
Sollberger, niece Elizabeth Lobdell Ward, nephew Lowell Ashton Wheeler and 
their families along with her many wonderful cousins of the Kyle and Lobdell 
families in Franklin, LA, as well as her cat named “Cat”. 

A Memorial Service in April will include a viewing of her remaining artwork in 
honor of her accomplishments.

Donations may be sent to St. Joseph Hospice Foundation, 17732 Highland Road, 
Suite G, Box 24, Baton Rouge, LA. The family wishes to thank St. Joseph 
Hospice, Mary, Trenell, Julia, Trellis and Cookie, for her care and peace.

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