Rex Bevan Blake was born to Samuel H. Blake and Annie Bevan Blake on November 1, 1914 in Vineyard, UT. Rex married Zella Harding January 14, 1938 in the Salt Lake Temple. Zella died July 12, 1982. He married Ruth Wright Christensen in the Provo Temple, June 25, 1983. He served two missions for the LDS Church; one to England from 1934-36, and one to the West Indies with his wife Ruth from 1984-86. Rex served faithfully throughout his life in various Church and Community capacities, including 2 Bishoprics, Temple Worker, Scoutmaster and many other Church and Scouting responsibilities. He was the recipient of the Silver Beaver award. He served on the Scera Board for 25 years. Rex Bevan Blake, age almost 100, of Provo passed away peacefully on October 14, 2014 at home in the loving care of his family of causes incident to age. He was preceded in death by a sister, Thelma Cropper and a brother, Grant Blake. He is survived by a brother George, Rex's wife Ruth and 6 children-Norma B. (Leonard Davis), Richard B. (Carol), Karl B. (Margaret), Susan B. (Lyndon Callister), Dale B. (Irma), and Carol B. (Marty Dye). He was a stepfather to Ruth's 5 children-CarolAnn C. (Earl Glenn), Leslie C. (Gary Chasteen), Earl (Julie) Christensen, Jim (Amy) Christensen, and Drew (Becky) Christensen. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, October 18th at 12:00 PM, at the Grandview South Stake Center, 1100 North Grand Avenue, Provo. Viewings will be held Friday 6:00-7:30 PM and Saturday 10:30-11:45 AM both at the Grandview South Stake Center. Interment will be in the Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be offered to the family online at walkersanderson.com. Published by Deseret News on Oct. 16, 2014.
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English and Scottish (England and central Scotland): variant of Black 1, meaning ‘swarthy’ or ‘dark-haired’, from a byform of the Old English adjective blæc, blac ‘black’, with change of vowel length.
English: nickname from Middle English blak(e) (Old English blāc) ‘wan, pale, white, fair’. In Middle English the two words blac and blāc, with opposite meanings, fell together as Middle English blake. In the absence of independent evidence as to whether the person referred to was dark or fair, it is now impossible to tell which sense was originally meant.
English (Norfolk): nickname from Middle English bleik, blaik>, blek(e) (Old Norse bleikr) ‘pale or sallow’ (in complexion).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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