Person:Ardith Blurton (1)

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Ardith was born at home in rural Mound Township, the second child to John and Bertha. She was a teacher, starting at the age of 19 having received formal training at a Teacher's College, as was common in the mid-20th century.

She married on 28 FEB 1955 to a husband who was still alive as of JAN 2013; also surviving as of this date were two sons, two grandsons, a brother, two sisters, three sisters-in-law and "several nieces and nephews".

External links

• Ardith Verneal Blurton in Trees at FamilySearch, and this person highlighted in tree

1. ↑ Ardith Davis, in Funeral obituary card.

   PDF distributed to family members via email

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} photo of early funeral home marker, photo of grave marker shared with husband and infant son, in Find A Grave
   2013.

   Ardith Verneal Blurton Davis (1930-2012)
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   Includes a late adult photo of Ardith.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Ardith V. Davis (archived), in Monticello, Piatt, Illinois, United States. Piatt County Journal-Republican
   8 JAN 2013.

   "She was preceded in death by her parents, John Riley Blurton and Bertha Jane Tish-Blurton; one son, David Eugene Davis in his infancy; a grandson, Robert Clifford Davis in his infancy; a brother, Allen Melvin Blurton; and a sister-in-law, Rebecca Olive."
   
   "Surviving are her husband ___ two sons ___ two grand-sons ___ brother ___ two sisters ___three sisters-in-law ___ and serveral nieces and nephews."
   
   Original URL is dead: http://www.journal-republican.com/obituaries/2013-01-08/ardith-v-davis.html

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Ardith V. Davis, in Kull Funeral Home Obituary Database.

   Includes a color picture of Blurton.

5. ↑ Ardith V. Davis (via Internet Archive), in Monticello, Piatt, Illinois, United States. Piatt County Journal-Republican
   8 JAN 2013.

   Original URL now dead > http://www.journal-republican.com/obituaries/2013-01-08/ardith-v-davis.html
   
   "...a second child into the family of John and Bertha Tish-Blurton."
   
   "Together Ardith and Clifford were blessed with three sons, Bradley, Randy and David."
   
   "Surviving are her husband, of Cisco; two sons, Bradley Lenn Davis of St. Elmo; and Randy (Jill) Allen and their two sons, Max and Seth Davis of Normal; ibe brother, Lloyd Burton of Libery, Mo.; two sisters, Joyce Martin of Effinghan and Mila (Robert)Leach of St. Charles, Mo.; three sisters-in-law, Mary Ruth Yockey of Decatur; Gertrude Irene Garrison of Nevada, Mo., and Edna Francis of St. Elmo; and several nieces and nephews.
   
   She was preceded in death by her parents, John Riley Blurton and Bertha Jane Tish-Blurton; one son, David Eugene Davis in his infancy; a grandson, Robert Clifford Davis in his invancy; a brother, Allen Melvin Blurton; and an sister-in-law, Rebecca Olive."

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Macon, Illinois, United States. Herald & Review. (Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States)
   2 Jan 2013.

   "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4H-GRWW : accessed 22 December 2022), Ardith V Davis, Decatur, Illinois, United States, 02 Jan 2013; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Herald & Review, born-digital text.