DOVER, Del.- Claire Elizabeth (Cassell) Blagg, 83, of 155 South Shore Drive, mother of Timothy Alan Blagg of Greenfield, Mass., died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at Kent General Hospital.
She was born in Independence, MO, on March 7, 1922, to the late George and Irene (Brackenbury) Cassell. She attended Southwest Missouri State Teachers College and taught fourth grade in the Raytown (MO) schools.
In 1942, she was married to William E. Blagg Jr., an Army Air Corps aviation cadet, in St. Louis. Immediately after their marriage, he was assigned to air transports flying out of Accra, in what was then the Gold Coast in West Africa.
Her husband, who retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel, died in 2000.
She was a military homemaker for most of her married life, living in a succession of homes from Japan to Bermuda. When she died, she was living in her 30th house.
While living in Dover, she ran the transport service of the American Red Cross chapter in Dover for five years, and then helped to establish the reference library of the Delaware Agricultural Museum as a volunteer.
She and her husband were long-time amateur theater participants. She enthusiastically worked as a stagehand, set builder, and director, but never on stage. They helped, as officers of the Kent County Theater Guild, to build the Patchwork Playhouse in Dover.
She was a lifelong voracious reader, a hobby which ended only when she lost her sight due to macular degeneration. She was an Anglophile, and could recite the kings and queens of England and their genealogy, from Egbert to Elizabeth II with ease. She read — and collected — cookbooks by the dozens, and delighted in finding unusual ethnic recipes.
She was also very interested in her ancestors, and, with her son Daniel, made research trips and combed archives attempting to complete a record of the Cassells, the Brackenburys and the Blaggs in this country, from 1634 to the present.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include Timothy, a son, G. Daniel Blagg of Todi, Italy, and a daughter, Barbara Mosely of Dover, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Torbert Funeral Chapel, 1145 East Lebanon Road.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to the Dover Public Library, Dover, DE 19901.
Dover Post, October 2005
Claire Elizabeth Blagg
Age 83 of Dover, DE died Thursday, October 13, 2005, at Kent General Hospital in Dover. Memorial service 3 pm Saturday, October 22, at TORBERT FUNERAL CHAPEL SOUTH, 1145 E. Lebanon Rd. (Rt.10), Dover, DE 19904.
The News Journal, October 19, 2005
She was born in Independence, MO, on March 7, 1922, to the late George and Irene (Brackenbury) Cassell. She attended Southwest Missouri State Teachers College and taught fourth grade in the Raytown (MO) schools.
In 1942, she was married to William E. Blagg Jr., an Army Air Corps aviation cadet, in St. Louis. Immediately after their marriage, he was assigned to air transports flying out of Accra, in what was then the Gold Coast in West Africa.
Her husband, who retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel, died in 2000.
She was a military homemaker for most of her married life, living in a succession of homes from Japan to Bermuda. When she died, she was living in her 30th house.
While living in Dover, she ran the transport service of the American Red Cross chapter in Dover for five years, and then helped to establish the reference library of the Delaware Agricultural Museum as a volunteer.
She and her husband were long-time amateur theater participants. She enthusiastically worked as a stagehand, set builder, and director, but never on stage. They helped, as officers of the Kent County Theater Guild, to build the Patchwork Playhouse in Dover.
She was a lifelong voracious reader, a hobby which ended only when she lost her sight due to macular degeneration. She was an Anglophile, and could recite the kings and queens of England and their genealogy, from Egbert to Elizabeth II with ease. She read — and collected — cookbooks by the dozens, and delighted in finding unusual ethnic recipes.
She was also very interested in her ancestors, and, with her son Daniel, made research trips and combed archives attempting to complete a record of the Cassells, the Brackenburys and the Blaggs in this country, from 1634 to the present.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include Timothy, a son, G. Daniel Blagg of Todi, Italy, and a daughter, Barbara Mosely of Dover, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Torbert Funeral Chapel, 1145 East Lebanon Road.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to the Dover Public Library, Dover, DE 19901.
Dover Post, October 2005
Claire Elizabeth Blagg
Age 83 of Dover, DE died Thursday, October 13, 2005, at Kent General Hospital in Dover. Memorial service 3 pm Saturday, October 22, at TORBERT FUNERAL CHAPEL SOUTH, 1145 E. Lebanon Rd. (Rt.10), Dover, DE 19904.
The News Journal, October 19, 2005
DOVER, Del.- Claire Elizabeth (Cassell) Blagg, 83, of 155 South Shore Drive, mother of Timothy Alan Blagg of Greenfield, Mass., died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at Kent General Hospital.
She was born in Independence, MO, on March 7, 1922, to the late George and Irene (Brackenbury) Cassell. She attended Southwest Missouri State Teachers College and taught fourth grade in the Raytown (MO) schools.
In 1942, she was married to William E. Blagg Jr., an Army Air Corps aviation cadet, in St. Louis. Immediately after their marriage, he was assigned to air transports flying out of Accra, in what was then the Gold Coast in West Africa.
Her husband, who retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel, died in 2000.
She was a military homemaker for most of her married life, living in a succession of homes from Japan to Bermuda. When she died, she was living in her 30th house.
While living in Dover, she ran the transport service of the American Red Cross chapter in Dover for five years, and then helped to establish the reference library of the Delaware Agricultural Museum as a volunteer.
She and her husband were long-time amateur theater participants. She enthusiastically worked as a stagehand, set builder, and director, but never on stage. They helped, as officers of the Kent County Theater Guild, to build the Patchwork Playhouse in Dover.
She was a lifelong voracious reader, a hobby which ended only when she lost her sight due to macular degeneration. She was an Anglophile, and could recite the kings and queens of England and their genealogy, from Egbert to Elizabeth II with ease. She read — and collected — cookbooks by the dozens, and delighted in finding unusual ethnic recipes.
She was also very interested in her ancestors, and, with her son Daniel, made research trips and combed archives attempting to complete a record of the Cassells, the Brackenburys and the Blaggs in this country, from 1634 to the present.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include Timothy, a son, G. Daniel Blagg of Todi, Italy, and a daughter, Barbara Mosely of Dover, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Torbert Funeral Chapel, 1145 East Lebanon Road.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to the Dover Public Library, Dover, DE 19901.
Dover Post, October 2005
Claire Elizabeth Blagg
Age 83 of Dover, DE died Thursday, October 13, 2005, at Kent General Hospital in Dover. Memorial service 3 pm Saturday, October 22, at TORBERT FUNERAL CHAPEL SOUTH, 1145 E. Lebanon Rd. (Rt.10), Dover, DE 19904.
The News Journal, October 19, 2005
She was born in Independence, MO, on March 7, 1922, to the late George and Irene (Brackenbury) Cassell. She attended Southwest Missouri State Teachers College and taught fourth grade in the Raytown (MO) schools.
In 1942, she was married to William E. Blagg Jr., an Army Air Corps aviation cadet, in St. Louis. Immediately after their marriage, he was assigned to air transports flying out of Accra, in what was then the Gold Coast in West Africa.
Her husband, who retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel, died in 2000.
She was a military homemaker for most of her married life, living in a succession of homes from Japan to Bermuda. When she died, she was living in her 30th house.
While living in Dover, she ran the transport service of the American Red Cross chapter in Dover for five years, and then helped to establish the reference library of the Delaware Agricultural Museum as a volunteer.
She and her husband were long-time amateur theater participants. She enthusiastically worked as a stagehand, set builder, and director, but never on stage. They helped, as officers of the Kent County Theater Guild, to build the Patchwork Playhouse in Dover.
She was a lifelong voracious reader, a hobby which ended only when she lost her sight due to macular degeneration. She was an Anglophile, and could recite the kings and queens of England and their genealogy, from Egbert to Elizabeth II with ease. She read — and collected — cookbooks by the dozens, and delighted in finding unusual ethnic recipes.
She was also very interested in her ancestors, and, with her son Daniel, made research trips and combed archives attempting to complete a record of the Cassells, the Brackenburys and the Blaggs in this country, from 1634 to the present.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include Timothy, a son, G. Daniel Blagg of Todi, Italy, and a daughter, Barbara Mosely of Dover, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Torbert Funeral Chapel, 1145 East Lebanon Road.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to the Dover Public Library, Dover, DE 19901.
Dover Post, October 2005
Claire Elizabeth Blagg
Age 83 of Dover, DE died Thursday, October 13, 2005, at Kent General Hospital in Dover. Memorial service 3 pm Saturday, October 22, at TORBERT FUNERAL CHAPEL SOUTH, 1145 E. Lebanon Rd. (Rt.10), Dover, DE 19904.
The News Journal, October 19, 2005
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