Ann Blessington, Artist's Mother, Taken By Death Funeral Will Be Held Tuesday Morning From St. Patrick's Cathedral Mrs. Ann Blessington, mother of Bert Blessington, well known artist and cartoonist, died here yesterday. Tue funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock from St. Patrick's cathedral. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. El Paso (TX) Times 17 Feb 1919 Page 3 ---------------- Bert Blessington, Former Post Staff Artist, Expires Dies in Home Here At Age of 69; Final Rites Set Tuesday Bert Blessington, 69, Houston cartoonist and formerly staff artist of The Post, died Sunday afternoon at his home at 115 West Gardner. Mr. Blessington was one of the South's best known newspaper artists, having drawn a front page cartoon for The Post for many years. He left the employ of The Post in 1932 to enter the commercial art field. At the time of his death he was advertising manager for the Federal Bakery. Mr. Blessington was a great favorite of the school children of a decade ago. For more than 10 years, he and Judd Mortimer Lewis visited dozens of Texas schools to give programs. Mr. Lewis would tell stories for the children, and Mr. Blessington would illustrate his remarks on the blackboard. Their informal presentations became highly popular. Born in Des Moines, Mr. Blessington had lived in Houston for 30 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Florence Blessington; a daughter, Mr. Cleve Koehler of Houston; a son, J. A. Blessington of Houston; and two grandsons and one granddaughter. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Perry-Foley funeral home with Rev. Gordon M. Reese officiating. Active pallbearers will be Robert C. Tucker Jr., Col. Damon Shipp, Mr. Christiansen, Billy Fry, Judd Mortimer Lewis, and Dr. O.M. Tinsley. Honorary pallbearers will be all members of the editorial staff and mechanincal departments of The Post. The Houston Post Apr. 24, 1939 Front page. ---------------- BLESSINGTON --- Bert Blessington, 69, of 115 West Gardner died at 1:10 p.m. Sunday at his residence. Mr. Blessington had lived in Houston for 30 years. He was formerly cartoonist and staff artist for The Houston Post, leaving its employ in 1932 after several years service. At the time of his death, he was advertising manager for the Federal Bakery. When he was with The Post, Mr. Blessington and Judd Mortimer Lewis often visited schools and gave programs. Mr. Blessington is survived by his widow, Mrs. Florence Blessington; a daughter, Mr. Cleve Koehler of Houston; a son, J. A. Blessington of Houston; and two grandsons and a granddaughter. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Perry-Foley funeral home with Rev. Gordon M. Reese officiating. Active pallbearers will be Robert C. Tucker Jr., Col. Damon Shipp, Mr. Christiansen, Billy Fry, Judd Mortimer Lewis, and Dr. O.M. Tinsley. Honorary pallbearers will be all members of the editorial staff and mechanincal departments of The Post. For further information call the Perry-Foley funeral home, Hadley 2177. The Houston Post Apr. 24, 1939 page 11. ---------------- KOEHLER E.F. "Jack" Koehler, 81, died May 4, 1981. Member of the Bellaire Lions Club. Member of the Disabled American Veterans. Veteran of W.W. I, serving in the Army Signal Corp. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Cleve Koehler, Bellaire; daughters and sons-in-law, Dorothea and Dr. James Tarver, Huntsville; Betty Joan and Cloyd Phillips, Chicago, Ill. Funeral service 11 a.m. Thursday, Earthman Bellaire Chapel, Rev. Carroll Pickett officiating. Interment Brookside Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Buck Lay, Ray Kornegay, Dr. James Tarver, Cloyd Phillips, Darnell Couch, Joe Zamora. Honorary pallbearers: Verdell Foard and members of Bellaire Lions Club. Earthman Funerals, 6700 Ferris, off Chimney Rock, 667-6505. The Houston Post May 6, 1981 page 22C. ---------------- Obituaries Cleve Theodosa Koehler Cleve Theodosa Koehler, age 87 of Huntsville died Monday at Medical Center Hospital - Conroe. She was born in Houston, Texas and was a homemaker. Mrs. Koehler moved to Huntsville from Bellaire in 1993. Services will be held on Friday December 22, 1995 at 10:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Huntsville with the Rev. Stephen Rehrig officiating. Private burial at Brookside Cemetery in Houston. Survivors include her daughters, Dorothea Florence Tarver of Huntsville, Tx., and Betty Joan Phillips of Omaha, Nebraska; granddaughters, Beth Marie Phillips of Portland, Oregon, Rachel Leta Tarver and Ruth Mary Tarver of Huntsville; grandson Colin Scott Phillips of Gaithersberg, Maryland and great-granddaughter Kelsey Erin Tetreault of Woodbridge, Va. Hunstville Funeral Home The Hunstville Item, Thursday, December 21, 1995. ---------------- J. A. Blessington rites tomorrow Jack Albert Blessington, 63, 2605 Cunningham, a draftsman with Modular Ambulance Corp. in Grand Prairie, died Friday at Irving Community Hospital. Blessington, a native of Houston, born Sept 7, 1912, was an 11-year resident of Irving. He was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Survivors include his wife, Era Kay; a son, Jack Blessington of Houston, Tex.; two daughters, Mrs. Anita Nichel and Rita Blessington, both of Dallas; sister, Mrs. Jack Kohler, Bellaire, Tex.; and [cut off] grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Ben F. Brown Funeral Home chapel with the Ray [cutoff]chang officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens. Irving (TX) Daily News 8 Feb 1976 Page 4 ---------------- Blessington Era Kate Blessington, 619 N. Britain, died Wednesday. She was 66. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in the Ben F. Brown Chapel. Burial will be at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens. She was a member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and had lived in Irving 15 years. Survivors include her son, Jack Less Blessington of Orlando, Fla.; dauthers Rita Blessington and Anita Nickel of Dallas; brothers, Lloyd Thorpe of Franklin, Tex., and George Thorpe of Pasadena, Tex.; and two grnadhildren. Irving (TX) Daily News 24 Apr 1980 ---------------- CHARLOTTE Jack L. Blessington Jack L. Blessington, 66, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, at Life Care Center of Punta Gorda. He was born April 22, 1937, in Beaumont, Texas. Jack served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. Jack retired from the Air Force and moved from Lakeland, Fla., to the Port Charlotte area, where he lived and worked for many years. He was a member of the B.P.O. Elks Lodge 2153 in Port Charlotte, a life member of the Disabled American Veterans, and a former member of the American Legion. He attended First Christian Church in Port Charlotte. He is survived by his beloved wife, Linda L. Blessington; three daughters, Lisa (Brian) Miller of Lakeland, Krista Rigdon of Port Charlotte and Cheryl Reed of Arcadia, Fla.; two sisters; and four grandchildren. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at the Port Charlotte chapel of Roberson Funeral Home, with Dale Roberts of First Christian Church in Port Charlotte officiating. A Committal ceremony with full military honors by the U.S. Air Force will be held at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla., at a later date. Memorial contributions are suggested to Disabled American Veterans Chapter 82, 3596 Tamiami Trail, Unit 287, Port Charlotte, FL 33952. Arrangements are by Roberson Funeral Home and Crematory, Port Charlotte Chapel. Charlotte Sun (Port Charlotte, FL) and several other publications, such as the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and DeSoto Sun. Date: February 24, 2004