Obituary Record

Cathryn Joy (Collison) (Frisk) Bledsoe
Died on 6/9/2016

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Posted on line 13 June 2016; Published in The Pilot Tribune 14 June 2016

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Cathryn J. Bledsoe, 83

Cathryn J. Bledsoe, 83, of Blair, Nebraska, died Thursday, June 9, 2016 at the Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Community Chapel, Blair, Nebraska with Pastor Amy Krejcarek officiating. Burial will follow in the Onawa Cemetery, Onawa, Iowa. Arrangements are under the direction of Rush Family Care Service in Onawa, Iowa.

Cathryn Joy was born July 15, 1932, in rural Blencoe, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Ima (Hall) Collison. She grew up there and graduated from Blencoe High School in 1949. She worked at Moon’s Dime Store in Onawa, Iowa.

Cathryn and Irvin Frisk were united in marriage on October 11, 1950. She later married Larry Bledsoe, Sr. in 1974.

She worked as a bookkeeper and receptionist at many businesses in the area including Reliable Automotive and the Dakota Dunes Country Club.

She was an accomplished seamstress and enjoyed dancing, traveling, cooking, and making her own jewelry. She loved spending time with her family and friends. She was a member of the Blencoe United Congregational Church. She had resided at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Community in Blair, Nebraska for the past three years and was very active in their Chapel services.

Survivors include her three children, Nancy (Mike) McClure of Tekamah, NE, Karen (Tim) Lawson of Blair, NE, and Larry (Denice) Bledsoe, Jr. of Homer, NE; thirteen grandchildren, Michelle (Justin) Rife, Chad (Jenny) McClure, Alecia (Justin) Kuhl, Corey Lawson, Ashley (Sean) Meyer, Quentin (Lisa), Caleb, Kaden, and Averie Lawson, and Kailey, Lawcyn, Denman (Alexandria) and Dalton Bledsoe; ten great-grandchildren, Siarah and Shyenne Langley, Maddi Uhing, Jayla and Jaxton Rife, Jonah, Avalyn, and Zella Kuhl, and Braylynn & Aliviah Bledsoe; one sister, Sue (Ron) Cutler of Blencoe, IA; two nephews, Rusty Collison and Ed Collison both of Blencoe, IA; and her ex-husband, Larry Bledsoe, Sr. of Sioux City, IA.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Ima Collison; a brother, Jim Collison; and her first husband, Irvin Frisk.

Condolences may be left online for the family at www.rushfamilycareservice.com.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

Printed in the Washington County Pilot-Tribune on 6/14/2016


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