Margaret L. Blackford

1914 - 2010  (96 years)

• Name	Margaret L. Blackford  [1]
  Birth	3 Apr 1914	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Apr 2010	Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York   [2, 3]
  Burial	Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua, New York   [2]
  Person ID	I349896	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Owen Blackford,   b. 1885, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan d. 11 Apr 1958 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mabel Lynn Beamer,   b. 20 Sep 1886, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan d. 17 Nov 1956 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1909	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan   [4]
  Family ID	F223177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Cornell D. Hazenberg,   b. 16 Sep 1907   d. Jan 1979 (Age 71 years)
  Children	1. Charles Hazenberg   2. William Hazenberg   3. Constance Hazenberg
  Family ID	F223179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Carl Richard Croft,   b. 14 Dec 1915, Pennsylvania d. 15 May 2010, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F223181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Lind Funeral Home Margaret L. Croft, 96, of 165 Aldren Avenue, Jamestown, formerly of Sun City Center, FL, died at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday April 20, 2010, in WCA Hospital. She was born April 3, 1914, in Grand Rapids, MI, a daughter of Charles and Mabel Beamer Blackford. Following graduation from high school in Michigan she attended the University of Michigan. She was employed by Chautauqua Hardware as a designer. She earlier had worked for Wellman Brothers. She was a former member of Allen Park Women's Club, Eastern Star, Women of the Shrine, Moon Brook Country Club and while in Florida St. Andrew Presbyterian Church and Caloosa Country Club. She was an avid golfer even past the age of 90. Surviving are her loving husband Carl R. Croft, two sons Charles (Arline) Hazenberg and William (Patricia) Hazenberg, both of Jamestown, a daughter Constance (James) Stubblefield of Hazel, KY, stepdaughters Arlean Golden of Lawrenceville, GA and Sandy (Richard) Pierce of Austin, TX and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband Cornell D. Hazenberg, a brother Robert Blackford and a sister Betsy DeWitt.

  
  

• Sources

  [S30078] 1920 census, Michigan, Kent county, Year: 1920; Census Place: Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan; Roll: T625_778; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 76 (Reliability: 3). [S10997] Cemetery index, Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua, New York, (Find-a-Grave). [S78516] Obituary, Lind Funeral Home, Margaret L. Croft. [S54333] Marriage record, Michigan (Reliability: 3). Name Mabel L Beamer Gender Female Race White Age 22 Birth Date abt 1887 Birth Place Grand Rapids Marriage Date 1 Sep 1909 Marriage Place Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Residence Place Grand Rapids, Michigan Father W H Beamer Mother Ella Davidson Spouse Charles O Blackford Birth Date abt 1886 Birth Place Caledonia,Mich Marriage Date 1 Sep 1909 Father L D Blackford Mother Mabel Everhart