Funeral services for Thelma Blakeman will be 2 p.m. Monday, January 20, 2014 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Visitation will be prior to services from 1-2 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to Relay For Life.
Thelma Berniece Blakeman, age 91 of Butler, Missouri died Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. She was born November 18, 1922 to Alfred and Lillian Wells Olive in Arthur, Missouri. Thelma is survived by two sons, Marvin Blakeman and wife Lynne of Rich Hill, Missouri and Rodney Blakeman of Nevada, Missouri; one daughter, Cheryl Callaway of Butler, Missouri; two brothers, Floyd Olive and wife Sally of Butler, Missouri and Kenneth Olive of Camdenton, Missouri; 12 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 9 great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; one brother, Jim Olive; and great-granddaughter, Dana Michelle Blakeman.
