Obituary Record

Marjorie Irene (Crichton) Rhodes
Died on 1/8/1982

Date and place of publication of this newspaper article was not recorded.

FORMER BLAIR RESIDENT DIES IN CALIFORNIA

Mrs. John “Choppy” Rhodes, a former resident of Blair, died Friday, January 8, 1982, after a lengthy illness. She was 76 years of age.

Funeral services were held in Salinas, California at St. George’s Episcopal Church. A private burial was held in the Garden of Memories.

Mrs. Rhodes taught at Salinas High School until she retired in 1971. She had lived in Salinas for 26 years.

She came to Blair in 1937 when her husband was hired as football coach at Blair High School.

She is survived by one daughter, Joan Beattie of Salinas; and one son, John C. Rhodes of San Jose. One sister, Betty (Mrs. Merton) Jensen of Blair; one brother, Lynn Crichton, of Cheshire, Oregon; and five grandchildren also survive her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John “Choppy” R. Rhodes in 1951.

Memorials are preferred to “Dollars for Scholars” Scholarship Fund at Salinas High School or Mission Trails Heart Association. ~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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