Blair Family Obituaries

1 Submitted by Betty Blair

These entries are abstracts from newspaper death notices.

• E. Ruth Binkley, 81, of Lebanon, died in the Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Pa, on Thursday, March 29, 1990. She was the wife of the late E. Vernon Binkley and the daughter of the late George S. and Alice Kreiser Blair. She was retired from Cornwall Manor and was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church.
  
  Surviving are children; Arlene M. Bohr, Eva Schlappig Hummel, and Arthur J. Walborn, all of Lebanon; grandchildren, Barbara Maurer, Joseph Sobbing, Sharon Polarek, Simon Bohr, Candice Bohr, and Kimberly Evanoff; seven great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a brother, David Blair, Lebanon; sisters; Annie Gettler, Lansdale, and Mary Westhafer, Jonestown.
  
  
• Lester G. Blair, 75, died at home in Grantville, Pa, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1990. He was the husband of the late Gertrude Zipp Blair, who died in 1967. He was a son of the late George S and Alice Kreiser Blair. He retired as a maintenance worker for Herco.
  
  Surviving are daughters Shirley, wife of George Kreiser, and Betty Blair, both of Grantville; five grandchildren; a brother, David Blair, Lebanon; and sisters Anna, wife of Joseph Gettler, Lansdale; Ruth Binkley, Lebanon, and Mary, wife of Harry Westhafer, Jonestown.
  
  
• Erma Blair Rhoads, 66, died Friday, Nov. 23, 1984, in Lebanon's Good Samaritan Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Rhoads. She was the daughter of the late John and Mary Stichler Blair and was born in Lebanon County.
  
  Surviving are daughters Joan, wife of Harry Hunsicker, Myerstown; Nora, wife of Harvey Smith, Denver; and Mary Simpson, of Jonestown; and a son, George Rhoads Jr., of Lebanon; a sister, Lillian, wife Giles Brown, of Jonestown; and two brothers, Miles Blair, of Lebanon, and Jonas Blair, of Clearwater, Fla.; ten grandchildren and a great-grandson.
  
  
• Jonas L. Blair, 58, formerly of Jonestown, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1987, in Clearwater, Florida. Born in Lebanon County to the late John and Mary Stickler Blair, he was a retired postman. He graduated from Jonestown High School in 1945.
  
  Surviving in addition to his wife, Betty Anthony Blair, are children, Michael Blair, Alabama; and Marie, wife of Jody Eaddy; a sister, Lilly, wife of Giles Brown, Jonestown; and a brother, Miles Blair, Lebanon. He was preceded in death by five brothers and sisters.
  
  
• Marian G. Blair, 56, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 1985, in Lebanon's Good Samaritan Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Eva Kline Binner and was born in Lebanon. She was the wife of Miles S. Blair and is survived by children, Stanley Blair, Lebanon; Deborah Boltz, Lebanon, and Eva Blair, Lebanon; three grandchildren; a sister, Beatrice Laudermilch, Lebanon; a brother, Charles Binner Jr., Lebanon; and a number of nieces and nephews.
  
  
• Harold W. "Slugger" Blair, Jr., 37, died Saturday, Aug. 28, 1982 in the Lebanon Valley General Hospital. He was the husband of Sally Ann Bickel Blair. His parents were Vera E. Hollenbach Blair and the late Harold W. Blair. He was employed at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Steelton and a member of the Lebanon Valley Baptist Church.
  
  He is survived by his wife and mother, sisters Marion Fake, Lebanon; Shirley, wife of Charles Binner, Lebanon; Brenda, wife of Robert Mays, Lebanon, and Verna, wife of Gary Houtz, Lebanon, five children; step-daughters Cheryl Peters, Lebanon; Connie Edwards, Jeanette; Cindy Gibb, Hershey; and Tammy, wife of Carl McCarty Jr., Lebanon; three step grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
  
  
• Gene Donald Blair, 48, Manassas, VA., died Aug. 29, 1990, at Prince William Hospital, Manassas, VA. A resident of Manassas for 26 years, he was employed by the Department of Defense for 30 years.
  
  He is survived by his mother, June Blair, Myerstown; three sons, Gary Blair, Pasadena, MD., Ken Blair, Fairfax, VA., and Fred Blair, Manassas, VA; seven brothers, Warren Blair, Myerstown, John Blair, Jonestown, Herman Blair, Harrisburg, Jim Blair, Lickdale, Bill Blair, Myerstown, Ronnie Blair, Myerstown, and Tim Blair, Myerstown; and seven sisters, Linda Hopkins, Pottsville, June Blair, Easton, Janet Gatewood, Clarksville, Tenn, Pat Andrews, Myerstown, Wanda Hannan, Phillipsburg, N.J., Connie Blair, Virginia Beach, VA, and Jean Blair, Little Rock, Arkansas; and former wife Doris Blair, Woodridge, VA.