Eddy Co. NM - OBIT: JOHN R BLUNT Submitted By: patti pennington ************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************ The following excerpts were taken from Page 6A - The Carlsbad (NM) Current Argus - January 9, 2000 BLUNT A memorial service for John R. Blunt, 92, will be January 10 at Sunset Gardens Mausoleum Chapel. Direct cremation will take place under the direction of Sunset Gardens Direct Cremation Service. Interment of cremated remains will be at Sunset Gardens Cemetery. Blunt died January 8 at Carlsbad Medical Center. He was bron in Florence County and moved to Carlsbad in 1945. He was preceded in death by a son, Russell Stephen Blunt in 1967 and his wife, Amy Loretta Blunt in 1982. His only survivors include a granddaughter, Sharon Blunt Williams of Springfield, Ill.; a grandson, Charles S. Blunt of Carlsbad; a niece, Barbara Donaldson of Carlsbad; and six great-grandchildren.