DeLores Blake
DeLores June "Dorsie" Blake, 71, died Sept. 18, 2003, at her home in Cherryvale.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Cherryvale, with the Rev. Jerry Buschmann and David Cavaness of the New Life Praise and Worship Center officiating.
DeLores was born June 6, 1932, at Burns, the daughter of Leslie and Lucille (Bunting) Clark.
She received her RN certificate from the Susan B. Allen Registered Nurses Training in El Dorado. She was employed at Sunset Retreat Nursing Home in Cherryvale and later at the Labette County Medical Center, retiring in July 2002.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Cherryvale.
On Sept. 4, 1953, she married Robert Stanley Blake at El Dorado. He preceded her in death on July 20, 2002.
Survivors include two sons, Bradley Blake and Mike Blake, both of Cherryvale; one daughter, Tammy Yorke of Springfield, Mo.; two brothers, Virgil Clark of Burns and Don Clark of Arizona; three sisters, Jean Knaussman and Ginger Waggy, both of El Dorado, and Leslie Ann Runnals of Newton; and three grandchildren.
