Virgil J. Blakeway

Virgil Jewell Blakeway, 91, of Hawley, MN, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at the Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, MN.Virgil was born on July 30, 1915 to Joseph and Eleanor Perkins Blakeway. On December 6, 1938 he married Doris West. They had five children, Virginia, Diana, Roger, Curtis and Gloria. Virgil and Doris lived in the Junction-Dale area of Hawley since 1952.Virgil was employed for 32 years with Northern Pacific/Burlington Railroad. He retired from the railroad in 1975. Virgil had many hobbies: gardening, hunting, fishing and card games.Virgil is survived by wife, Doris; sons, Roger Patty Blakeway , Hawley, MN and Curtis Sally Blakeway, Milwaukee, WI; daughters, Virginia Kelly Hydorn, Great Falls, MT, Diana Harry Evert , Excelsior, MN and Gloria Blakeway, Minneapolis, MN and many grandchildren; brother, Elmer Alfreda Blakeway, Hawley, MN; sisters, Hy Dick Kronbeck, Genevieve William Villiard and Charlotte Grant Haug, all of Moorhead, MN. He was preceded in death by parents; Joseph and Eleanor; brother, William and sisters, Cynthia Anderson and Elizabeth Blakeway.