Luella Blair

MEMORIAL SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

July 20, 2019 11:00 A M.

United Church of Christ of Kent

1400 E. Main Street

Kent, Ohio 44240

Luella Blair, 98, of Kent, died Tuesday, May 14th at her home.

Born November 6, 1920, in Bath to Richard and Grace (Black) Shaw. She graduated from Bath High School in 1938. She graduated from the Akron City Hospital School of Nursing in 1945 and then worked as a Nursing Arts Instructor there until her marriage to Richard W. Blair on October 15, 1949. They then moved to Kent. She and her husband owned Kent Office Supply. She was a member of the Kent United Church of Christ where she was church secretary and volunteer for over 40 years. She also served as president of their Women's Fellowship. She volunteered for Meals on Wheels. She was a member and former president of the Business and Professional Women's Club, as well as a member of the Portage County Registered Nurses Club. She and her husband were avid campers and chartermembers of the Tree City Campers, NE Ohio Field Directors for the State Association and were elected International Retiree King & Queen in 1995. Her volunteer service for the Red Cross spanned over 35 years.

She is survived by her sons, Richard Blair of Las Vegas, NV and William J. "Bill" Blair of Burbank, CA; sister, Freida Neher of Anchorage, AK, niece, Nina Sue (Steve) Adams of Dayton; nephew, James Sedgwick of Warminster, PA; and cousin, Jean Linder of Hudson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Blair; half-brother, Stanley Sedgwick; and brother-in-law, Bill Neher.

Family and friends may make donations in her name to the United Church of Christ in Kent, Red Cross of Portage County or Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice of Akron, Ohio.