Pearl Blackburn's Obituary
Pearl Rachel Blackmore, daughter of John William and Julia Ann Eckhart McIntyre, was born July 8, 1915, in Normal, Illinois. She departed this life Monday, April 18, 2011, in Ozark Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Osage Beach, Missouri, at the age of ninety-five years, nine months and ten days. On June 11, 1966, in Urbana, Missouri, she was united in marriage to James Earl Blackmore. Together they shared twenty-four years of marriage before his passing in January of 1991. She was also preceded in death by her parents; two daughters, Josephine LaCasse in 2004, and Carol Crum in 1999; a son, Larry Owen Walsh in 1968; the father of her children, Carl Edgar Walsh in 1960; and a son-in-law, Soni Rice in 2002. She is survived by seven children, Edward Walsh and wife, Janet, of Powell, Ohio, William Walsh and wife, Nancy, of Kentucky, Susan Walsh of Camdenton, Missouri, Mary Hill and husband, Jim, of Independence, Missouri, Lou Landrus and husband, Dannie, of Linn Creek, Missouri, Dorothy Walsh of Camdenton, Missouri, and Karen Rice of Urbana, Missouri; fourteen grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; a step-daughter, Alice Perkins of Marshall, Missouri; a step-son, Robert Blackmore and wife, Mina, of Eddy, Texas; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Pearl was raised in McLean County, Illinois, and moved to Cross Timbers, Missouri, in 1953. She later lived in Urbana, Missouri, and moved to Camdenton, Missouri, in 1972. She was a mother and a homemaker and had worked for the Skyline Grade School in Urbana for five years. Pearl was a fifty-year member of the Latter Day Saints Church. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Osage Beach and worked with the church Relief Society. In her spare time, she enjoyed cooking and needlework. She had a knack for gardening and grew some of the most beautiful yellow roses. Spending time with her family was her greatest joy. She was a loving mother and grandmother and a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and her accomplishments and will treasure the memories she created for her family and friends.
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