Obit: Blaney, Lon Lee #2 (1945 - 2013)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Blaney, Schoenherr, Ibisch, Warmuth

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 5/29/2013

Blaney, Lon Lee (16 April 1945 - 22 May 2013) With Flag

Lon L. Blaney, 68, of Loyal passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Lon Lee Blaney was born April 16, 1945, in Chicago, IL, the son of Lewis and Lydia (Schoenherr) Blaney. The family moved to Neillsville for a few years and then settled in Kenosha, where Lon graduated from Bradford High School. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy July 22, 1963, and served on the U. S. S. Hancock until his honorable discharge Aug. 21, 1967. Lon returned to Kenosha, worked as a journeyman carpenter and also enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserves, where he served for 20 years. He bought a farm near Fairchild, where he raised beef cattle for a few years. He then sold the farm and purchased a dairy farm northeast of Greenwood, which he farmed until 2003. He sold the farm and purchased the Star Lodge Motel in Loyal, which he has operated until the present time.

Lon was a past member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Kenosha and enjoyed baseball, hunting, fishing and spending time with family and friends.

He will be dearly missed by his mother, Lydia Blaney of Neillsville; one brother, Lyndell Blaney, of Denver, CO; one sister, Lisa (Rev. Paul) Ibisch of Columbus; three nieces, four nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Lewis Blaney, and one brother, Larry Blaney.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Globe, rural Neillsville, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Rev. John Warmuth officiated. Burial followed in the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com.  Cuddie Funeral Home of Loyal assisted the family with arrangements.