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1863 - 2002



Blender, Philip A

Philip A. Blender, 84, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. A Celebration of His Life service was conducted by Pastor George Gardner at Saffordville United Methodist Church, Dec. 26 with Masonic Services following the service. Private interment was at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia.

Philip Adam Blender was born Nov. 23, 1917, at Keokirk, Iowa, the eldest son of Philip and Flora Huenergardt Blender. He moved, with his family, to a ranch in Chase County, near Saffordville, when he was ten years old. He attended Carman Grade School and graduated from Toledo Township High School. He attended Kansas State Teachers College.

He married Ruth Jones on Oct. 27, 1946, at her parents' home near Hartford. She died Sept. 11, 2002. He was a rancher/stockman in the Flint Hills until 1985 when he and Ruth semi-retired and moved to Okeene, Okla. They returned to the ranch in 1993.

He attended the Saffordville United Methodist Church, was a member of the Okeene, Okla. United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Men. He was a member of the Falls Chapter #25 Order of the Eastern Star, the Okeene Masonic Lodge #357, and a 60-year member of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M., Emporia #12, following the consolidation with the Saffordville Masonic Lodge #395.

He served as an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Cottonwood Falls. He was active in community affairs, serving as ASC committeeman; member and leader of the Toledo 4- H Club; Chase County Farm Bureau; Chase County Extension Council; and the Saffordville school board. He served many years on the Board of Directors of the Council Grove Production Credit Association. He and his son received the Kansas Bankers award for Soil Conservation in 1982.

He is survived by a son, Howard Blender of Emporia; a daughter, Sharon Gardner of Moorhead, Minn.; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, lst Lt. Howard Eldon Blender and Ellis Ray Blender.

Memorial contributions to the Saffordville United Methodist Church or to the Chase County 4-H Council may be sent in care of Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home, 201 Cherry, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845.

Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jan 01 2004



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