Jimmy Jim Blake Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Jimmy Jim Blake of Tyler, Texas, born in Haddam, Kansas, who passed away on May 8, 2024, at the age of 90, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Jimmy Jim farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Jimmy Jim is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He was predeceased by: his brothers, Donel "Don" Blake and Rodney "Rod" Blake (Theresa). He is survived by: his children, Jolynn Hacker of Hebron, Nebraska, Craig Blake of Cedar City, Utah, Jan Blake (Paul Koubek) of North Platte, Nebraska and Brenda Tobey of North Platte, Nebraska.; his brother William Blake (Bill) of Mesa; and his sister-in-law Katherine Blake of Burr Oak. He is also survived by 16 grandchildren, 23 great- grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and a nephew.
Together, they lived in Tyler, Texas, and Olathe, Kansas, before returning to Gering, Nebraska in 2011. They were married for 47 before her passing in 2020 due to COVID.
