Page 90 - ‘A Blaker Family History’ The family history of Joseph Blaker (1916-2007; ‘Joe’)

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carried the message: ‘Thank God I’ve Made It – 90 Today’ – a fitting
testimony to his faith, and to a remarkable man.

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‘Joe’ Blaker at Home for 90 Birthday Celebrations; 30 November 2006

Notice in The Argus Newspaper, 30 November 2006

‘Joe’ & ‘Peg’ 30 November 2006, Cobton Drive, Hove

‘Joe’ died peacefully at Dane House Care Home on 19 July 2007. He had
survived for some 17 months beyond his diagnosis of terminal cancer. His
death certificate records the cause of his death as ‘Carcinoma of the
Pancreas and Hypertension’.

Probate to his estate was granted in October 2007. My father’s body was
buried in Hove Cemetery, Old Shoreham Road, Hove, East Sussex. His local
parish priest, Father David Weston, wrote a glowing tribute to my father
in the Parish Newsletter for St. George’s Church:

Extract from St. George’s Parish Newsletter; 22 July 2007

Joseph Blaker (1916-2007) Funeral Notices; The Argus & The Telegraph, 21 July 2007

His headstone carries the affectionate words:
‘An Inspiration and Friend to All Who Knew Him’.

Headstone to Grave of ‘Joe’ Blaker (1916-2007)

‘Peg’ continued to live in Cobton Drive until mid 2010, when she moved to
full-time residential care at St. Joseph’s Care Home in Brighton, and then,
in 2012, to a Medical Nursing Home in Worthing, West Sussex, where she
now lives.

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In March 2010, ‘Peg’ celebrated her 90 birthday with family and friends
at the Hangleton Manor Hotel, Hove, East Sussex.

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‘Peg’ Blaker: 6 March 2010; 90 Birthday Celebration Lunch
Hangleton Manor Hotel, Hove

6.25 Other Children of Alfred John Blaker (1883-1965) and Mary

Ann Martin (1885-1960)
6.25.1 Mary Ann Blaker (1904-1990)
Born: 16 May 1904, 95 High Street, West Norwood, London