Obit of Blackburn, Pauline (Autrey)  - Johnston County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    28 Dec 2008
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::Tishomingo City Cemetery--Tishomingo OK

Pauline (Autrey) Blackburn

Pauline (Autrey) Blackburn Born on May 5, 1920 in Milburn, Oklahoma, 
went to be with the Lord and loved ones on November 8, 2005 in Walnut 
Creek, California at the age of 85 years. Interment was on November 
14, 2005 at Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Pauline was raised in Johnston 
County, Oklahoma. She married Joe Blackburn on January 18, 1941 in 
Nida, Oklahoma and following his military service, they made their 
home in the Bay Area. Pauline has been a resident of Quail Lodge in 
Antioch the past two years. After moving to California during WWII, 
Pauline supported the war effort by working as "Rosie the Riveter" in 
an aircraft factory. She later retired from Montgomery Ward Catalog 
Department where she worked for many years. Pauline loved traveling 
with her family as well as shopping and making costume jewelry. Most 
of all she was passionate about being with her children and 
grandchildren, attending their plays, ball games, parades and dance 
recitals. Pauline was preceded in death by her parents, James and 
Maude Carroll Autrey; her husband, Joe Blackburn on October 9, 2001; 
and her brothers, Paul, Claude, Syrus and Weldon. Pauline is survived 
by her son, Leon Blackburn and wife, Onnie, of Mill Valley, 
California; her daughters, Patricia Joe Laughead and husband, Bill, 
of Sparks, Nevada, and Deborah Villalobos and husband, Frank, of 
Antioch, California; seven grandchildren, Russ Blackburn and wife, 
Shielah, Michele Garvey and husband, Brian, Danielle Fontaine, Joey 
Fontaine, Jessica Laughead, Jennifer Becker and Tommy Becker; great-
grandchildren, Ryan and Emma Garvey, and numerous nieces and nephews, 
in-laws, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. Pauline 
will be deeply missed by her family and many friends. A celebration 
of Pauline's life will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2005, at 
2:00 PM, Quail Lodge Retirement Community, 3rd floor Chapel, 4850 
Deer Valley Road, Antioch, California. In lieu of flowers, donations 
may be made in Pauline's honor to the Oklahoma Baptist Home for 
Children, Rt. 3, Box 100, Madill, OK 73446, WWW.OBHC.ORG, or to your 
favorite charity.

Published in the Contra Costa Times from 12/8/2005 - 12/9/2005.

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