A Longstanding Community Presence Fades
The White Bluffs community mourns the passing of Mrs. John Blackler, a resident of many years who died at age 71.
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Mrs. John Blackler, who has been ill for almost two years, passed away last Friday night at 9 p. m. She was 71 years old. Mrs. Blackler had lived here many years and had a host of friends who loved her dearly. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss. Five of the children attended the funeral: Mrs. Ann Crowfoot of Spokane, Will Blackler of Freewater, Oregon, George Blackler of Newport, Washington, Ronald Blackler of Portland, Oregon, and Harry Blackler of Priest Rapids. The funeral was held in the church and interment was made in the White Bluffs cemetery.
“Mrs. Blackler had lived here many years and had a host of friends who loved her dearly.”
White Bluffs and much of the surrounding landscape were famously evacuated and seized by the U.S. government for the Hanford nuclear site during World War II. The cemetery mentioned in the notice is one of the few physical remnants of the town that still exists today, serving as a quiet witness to a community that was largely erased from the map.
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