Obit of Ragsdale-Blake, Margaret F. - Kiowa County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Gene Phillips 11 Mar 2007 Return to Kiowa County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kiowa/kiowa.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Wallace-Martin FH--Stockton CA Ragsdale-Blake, Margaret F. Lisbon, ME March 1, 1917 - January 19, 2007 Margaret F. Blake went home to the Lord on Friday, January 19, 2007 at Parkview Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. Margaret was born in Mt. View, Oklahoma on March 1, 1917; a daughter of the late Benjamin and Minnie Zimmerman. She married Albert Ragsdale in 1936 and together they had five children, Betty, Glenda and Therman in 1953 they moved to Stockton, CA where Diana and Michael were born. Margaret was a loving mother and grandmother, and was a Jesus Name Minister of the Pentecostal Church for 50 years. She also took in foster children for 10 years. After her husband Albert died in 1980, she then married long time friend Dorce Blake on February 5, 1990. In 2002 they moved to Lisbon, Maine so her daughter Diana could help them in their later years. She is survived by her husband, Dorce Blake of Lisbon; her two sons, Therman (Candee) Ragsdale of Powell, WY, Michael (Shelli) Ragsdale of Middleburg, FL; her two daughters, Glenda (David) Elder of Duluth, MN and Diana McLaughlin of Lisbon, ME; 10 grand children and 14 great- grandchildren. Margaret was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Winchell; her first husband, Albert Ragsdale and 10 brothers and sisters. Services will be held Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Wallace-Martin Funeral Home, 520 N. Sutter St. Stockton, CA 95202. Published in The Record on 1/23/2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Kiowa County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kiowa/kiowa.html