O.E. ‘Brownie’ Blanke (1919-2016)

O.E. “Brownie” Blanke, 96, died Sept. 16, 2016 in Beloit.
He was born Oct. 5, 1919 in Nowata, Okla. to Edward and Dessie (Brown) Blanke. He was a retired technician for H & B Communications in Holyrood and had also worked for Boeing as a radio technician. He was a U.S. Army-Air Force Veteran and member of the Church of God, A Worldwide  Association, Salina.
Survivors include his daughter, Charlotte Hutton and husband, Don, of Nowata; step-daughter, Gale Clifton of Phoenix, Ariz.; step-son, Jim Franklin of Kingman, Kan.; niece, Betty Koch of Holyrood; nephews, Kennth Blanke of Russell, Kan., Dan Blanke of Shell Knob, Mo. and Terry Kemmerer of Yuma, Colo.; grandchildren, Ray, Dwayne and Robert Blanke, Kristine Estes and Richard Hutton, 10 great- grandchildren and three great-great- grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two wives; Wilma and June; sons, Bill and John; nephews, Wayne, Jack and Hoyt Kemmerer; and grandchildren, Kathy Blum, Carla and Pamela Blanke.
A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Nowata Memorial Cemetery, Nowata, Okla.
Memorials may be given to American Macular Degenertaion Foundation or the Church of God, c/o Parsons Funeral Home, P.O. Box 45, Ellsworth, Kan. 67439.  
Online condolences: parsonsfh.com