TITLE:   John Nielson Blacklock, Obituary, Jan. 9, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Jan 12, 2001 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, 2001

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John N. Blacklock 

WOOLWICH, Maine - John N. Blacklock, 76, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001 at his 
home in Woolwich after a long illness. 

He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Jan. 19, 1924, the son of Dr. 
Nielson and Muriel DeJersey-White Blacklock. He attended the prestigious 
Bishops College School and later received a master's degree in mathematics 
from McGill University. 

He served in the Royal Canadian Armed Forces during World War II and later in
their groundbreaking expeditions into the Arctic territories, going on 
yearlong treks to build landing strips and base camps. He ended his military 
career in 1950 after receiving the distinguished King George's Medal as well 
as the French and German Star. 

In April of 1961 he married Dorothy Skelley. They emigrated to the United 
States following their marriage and made their home in Pennsylvania. 

He became a naturalized citizen in 1966. 

They also lived in Charleston, S.C., and New Hampshire before moving to 
Georgetown, Maine, in 1994. For the last two and a half years they have made 
their home with his daughter, Mrs. Kelly (Sophie) Baker in Woolwich. 

He was known as an expert sailor and the picture his closest friends have of 
him is at the wheel of a sailboat, navigating his way up and down the 
Atlantic coast or any other body of water he could find. 


He was a competitive target shooter and volunteered a great deal of his time 
with the New Hampshire Junior Shooters' Association in an effort to teach 
young people firearm safety. He was also an avid reader. 

Surviving are his wife; his daughter and son-in-law; a stepdaughter, Mrs. 
Sidney (Elizabeth) Rawlinson Sundell of Enosburg Falls, Vt.; a stepson and 
his wife, Brian and Julie Fowle of England; a half-sister, Alexandra Wallis 
of Montreal; seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. 

BLACKLOCK - John Nielson Blacklock, 76, of Woolwich, Maine, died Jan. 9, 
2001. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. today (Friday) at the David 
E. Desmond Funeral Home, 638 High St., Bath, Maine, with Pastor Mark Wilson 
officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Shriner's Hospital for 
Crippled Children, 516 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104; or to the American 
Cancer Society, 52 Federal St., Brunswick, ME 04011. 


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