Martha Louise McDaniel Blake

Funeral services for Martha Louise McDaniel Blake, 89, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2017 in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Blake passed away at 8:05 p.m., Friday, January 13, 2017 at Ozarks Medical Center.

She was born December 23, 1927 at Pickins, Mississippi, to James McDaniel and Edna Toombs McDaniel.  On February 5, 1949, she was married to Raymond Garland Blake who preceded her in death in April, 1972.  Mrs. Blake enjoyed bingo, family ball games, the St. Louis Cardinals and loved her two cats.  She was of the Baptist faith.

She is survived by three children, Sandra Kostelnik, Raymond Blake and wife, Becky, and Deborah Blake, all of West Plains, Missouri; seven grandchildren, Brandon Blake, Keena Simpson, Greg Jamison, Laurie Kostelnik, Frank Kostelnik, Jr., Jeremy Kostelnik and Destry Shed; twelve great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Her parents, husband, and one daughter, Carolyn Jamison, precede her in death.

Visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery.