Nora Lou Blase
d. January 21, 2014
Date Died: January 21, 2014
Decatur: Nora Lou Blase, 89, went to be with our Lord, Tuesday, January 21, 2014 in Decatur, Texas.
Funeral service is 11 a.m. Saturday, January 25th at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend David Blase officiating. Interment: Oaklawn Cemetery. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home.
Pallbearers include Johnny Blase, Don Lyles, Ron Patterson, Mike North, John North, and Johnny Scheuermann.
Nora was born May 6, 1924 in Lewisville, Texas to Sam Cornelius and Callie Elizabeth (Hicks) Patterson. She attended Decatur Public School (grades 1-10). Nora was united in marriage to Charles Alvin Blase on October 1, 1939 in Denton, Texas. Nora and Charlie operated dairy farms at Decatur, Rhome, Boyd, Greenwood and Alvord for 23 years, until they retired in 1979. Nora was a member of the First Baptist Church of Decatur.
Nora was preceded in death by her husband in June, 2000; her parents; and all 7 of her siblings and their spouses.
Left behind to cherish her memory are her two sons, David Blase and wife, Anna of Nashville, Arkansas and Olin Blase and wife, Janelle of Decatur; three grandsons, John Blase and wife, Meredith of Monument, Colorado, Shawn Blase and wife, Tonja of Texarkana, and Curtis Blase and wife, Candi of Runaway Bay; and seven great-grandchildren.
Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home, Decatur, Texas, 940/627-5959
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David and Olin,
I am sorry to hear of your mothers passing. We know we will see her again.
You are in my prayers during this time.
God bless you and your families,
Terry Chester
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