Alice Blakemore, age 87, passed away on her anniversary February 14, 2019. She was born July 18, 1931, she was the first child of Gracie Bell Sieber and Alvin Kruse. She was brought up in Keller and Fort Worth, Texas. When she was 5 years of age, her father died in a tragic automobile accident during the depression. She survived many harsh conditions during her childhood. She attended school in Fort Worth and graduated from High School. She met the love of her life Kenneth Abbot Blakemore and they married a 1 month later on Valentine’s Day, 1951. They remained married 62 years. They gave birth to 3 wonderful children who are here today. She is survived by Ronald Alvin Blakemore and his wife Linda Lou Blakemore, Donna Jean Blakemore and Alan Kenneth Blakemore and his wife Rene Lynn Blakemore and two grandchildren Nathan Andrew Blakemore and Sharalyn Grace Goins. She was a wife, Mother, and Grandmother. She was an avid Genealogist and was a founding member of Williamson County Genealogical Society The family often attended the annual Witte reunion. She loved beauty in all its forms. She loved the Texas wildflowers especially bluebonnets, birds, butterflies and bunnies. If she saw a rabbit outside her kitchen window it made her day. She maintained a beautiful home in Round Rock and as she grew more infirm she treasured the Hallmark Channel. Her legacy is in the thousands of records she researched and housed for our family tree, and in her very successful children and grandchildren who she adored.
Visitation will be held from 10am-2pm on Thursday February 21, 2019 at Condra Funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Thursday February 21, 2019 at Condra Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Taylor City Cemetery.
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