Gerald C Blackmer

1919 - 2006  (86 years)

• Name	Gerald C Blackmer
  Birth	7 Oct 1919	St. Charles Twsp., Saginaw County, Michigan
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  Gender	Male
  Military Service	8 Jul 1942	Corregidor, Philippines
  	Wednesday, July 8, 1942 The Saginaw News   Missing in Action, according to a notification from the war department, Pvt. Gerald Blackmer 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Blackmer, of St. Charles, RD 2, apparently was in the thick of the fighting in the Philippines. Pvt. Balckmer enlisted in February 1941 and was with the coast artillery on Corregidor. The Blackmers have three other sons and four daughters.   https://sites.rootsweb.com/~evansandobertein/wwiidead/missing/blackmergerald.htm According to the Center For Research, Allied POWS Under The Japanese - Pvt Blackmer was held at Tokyo 2-B Kawasaki AKA: Mitsui Camp #2 Location: KAWASAKI-shi, OGI-machi and Funatsu POW Camp, Nagoya # 3 Source: NARARG 389, Box 2127, Funatsu [Nagoya] #3-B Location: Originally created as: Osaka 15-B FUNATSU (GIFU-ken,YOSHIKI-gun, FUNATSU-machi) Name: Gerald C Blackmer Name: BLACKMER GERALD C Event Type: Military Service Event Date: 21 Feb 1941 Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Philippine Department Event Place: Detroit, Michigan, United States Race: White Citizenship Status: citizen Birth Year: 1919 Birthplace: MICHIGAN Education Level: Grammar school Civilian Occupation: Farm hands, general farms Marital Status: Single, without dependents Military Rank: Private Army Branch: Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service Army Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source Reference: Civil Life Serial Number: 16013675 Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923 Box Film Number: 02062.63 Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946 "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8G7-VVW : 5 December 2014), Gerald C Blackmer, enlisted 21 Feb 1941, Detroit, Michigan, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
  Obituary	8 Jan 2006
  	Saginaw News
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  Ω Census Family Census	1920	St. Charles Twsp., Saginaw County, Michigan
  	Name: Oscar Blackmer Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1920 Event Place: Saint Charles, Saginaw, Michigan, United States District: ED 215 Gender: Male Age: 28 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race: White Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household: Head Own or Rent: Birth Year (Estimated): 1892 Birthplace: Michigan Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 12 Sheet Number and Letter: 12A Household ID: 242 Line Number: 41 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T625 Affiliate Film Number: 794 GS Film Number: 1820794 Digital Folder Number: 004966172 Image Number: 00901 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Oscar Blackmer Head M 28 Michigan Minnie Blackmer Wife F 28 Michigan Harold Blackmer Son M 3 Michigan Erleen Blackmer Daughter F 2 Michigan Geraldine Blackmer Daughter F 0 Michigan Gerald Blackmer Son M 0 Michigan "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ74-7VN : accessed 8 September 2019), Oscar Blackmer, Saint Charles, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing ED 215, sheet 12A, line 41, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 794; FHL microfilm 1,820,794. Witness Role: Principal: [F1324] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Family Census: [I3285] Gerald C BLACKMER
  Ω Census Family Census	1930	St. Charles Twsp., Saginaw County, Michigan
  	Name: Oscar Blackmore Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: St Charles, Saginaw, Michigan, United States District: ED 64 Gender: Male Age: 39 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1891 Birthplace: Michigan Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 2 Sheet Number and Letter: 2A Household ID: 27 Line Number: 33 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T626 Affiliate Film Number: 1023 GS Film Number: 2340758 Digital Folder Number: 004951261 Image Number: 00369 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Oscar Blackmore Head M 39 Michigan Minnie Blackmore Wife F 39 Michigan Harold Blackmore Son M 13 Michigan Eileen Blackmore Daughter F 12 Michigan Gerald Blackmore Son M 10 Michigan Geraldine Blackmore Daughter F 10 Michigan Charles Blackmore Son M 6 Michigan Florence Blackmore Daughter F 4 Michigan "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MQ-LFM : accessed 8 September 2019), Oscar Blackmore, St Charles, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 2A, line 33, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1023; FHL microfilm 2,340,758. Witness Role: Principal: [F1324] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Family Census: [I3285] Gerald C BLACKMER
  _UID	6D0B82D93BAF4380A630746D7A2ED5FDB16F
  Death	7 Jan 2006	Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan
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  Person ID	I3285	Dutcher-Cummings
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Oscar Edward Blackmer,   b. 16 Oct 1890   d. Jan 1968 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Minnie Frelitz,   b. 1890   d. 24 May 1993, Ashley, Gratiot County, Michigan (Age 103 years)
  Marriage	9 Nov 1915	St. Charles Twsp., Saginaw County, Michigan
  	Name: Oscar Blackmer Name Note: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 9 Nov 1915 Event Place: St Charles, Saginaw, Michigan Event Place: Gender: Male Age: 24y Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Race: Race: Birth Date: 1891 Birthplace: Mich Father's Name: Chauncey Mother's Name: Adeline Paternal Grandfather's Name: Paternal Grandmother's Name: Maternal Grandmother's Name: Spouse's Name: Minnie Frelitz Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 24y Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Birth Date: 1891 Spouse's Birthplace: Mich Spouse's Father's Name: Otto Spouse's Mother's Name: Ricka Luft Spouse's Paternal Grandfather's Name: Spouse's Paternal Grandmother's Name: Spouse's Maternal Grandfather's Name: Spouse's Maternal Grandmother's Name: Note: GS Film Number: 2342712 Frame Number: Digital Folder Number: 4209294 Image Number: 170 "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3PC-RZN : 15 January 2019), Oscar Blackmer and Minnie Frelitz, 1915.
  Census	1920	St. Charles Twsp., Saginaw County, Michigan
  	Name: Oscar Blackmer Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1920 Event Place: Saint Charles, Saginaw, Michigan, United States District: ED 215 Gender: Male Age: 28 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race: White Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household: Head Own or Rent: Birth Year (Estimated): 1892 Birthplace: Michigan Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 12 Sheet Number and Letter: 12A Household ID: 242 Line Number: 41 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T625 Affiliate Film Number: 794 GS Film Number: 1820794 Digital Folder Number: 004966172 Image Number: 00901 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Oscar Blackmer Head M 28 Michigan Minnie Blackmer Wife F 28 Michigan Harold Blackmer Son M 3 Michigan Erleen Blackmer Daughter F 2 Michigan Geraldine Blackmer Daughter F 0 Michigan Gerald Blackmer Son M 0 Michigan "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ74-7VN : accessed 8 September 2019), Oscar Blackmer, Saint Charles, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing ED 215, sheet 12A, line 41, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 794; FHL microfilm 1,820,794. Witness Role: Family Census: [I3285] Gerald C BLACKMER
  Census	1930	St. Charles Twsp., Saginaw County, Michigan
  	Name: Oscar Blackmore Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: St Charles, Saginaw, Michigan, United States District: ED 64 Gender: Male Age: 39 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1891 Birthplace: Michigan Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 2 Sheet Number and Letter: 2A Household ID: 27 Line Number: 33 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T626 Affiliate Film Number: 1023 GS Film Number: 2340758 Digital Folder Number: 004951261 Image Number: 00369 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Oscar Blackmore Head M 39 Michigan Minnie Blackmore Wife F 39 Michigan Harold Blackmore Son M 13 Michigan Eileen Blackmore Daughter F 12 Michigan Gerald Blackmore Son M 10 Michigan Geraldine Blackmore Daughter F 10 Michigan Charles Blackmore Son M 6 Michigan Florence Blackmore Daughter F 4 Michigan "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MQ-LFM : accessed 8 September 2019), Oscar Blackmore, St Charles, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 2A, line 33, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1023; FHL microfilm 2,340,758. Witness Role: Family Census: [I3285] Gerald C BLACKMER
  Family ID	F1324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leona E Morrissette,   b. 12 Sep 1923   d. 16 Jul 2005 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1946
  Family ID	F1327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Blackmer, Gerald C. 'Bud', Formerly of Chesaning. Passed away on Saturday morning January 7, 2006 in Owosso. Age 86 years. He was born on October 7, 1919 in St. Charles Township, the son of Oscar and Minnie (Frelitz) Blackmer. He married Leona Morrissette on October 5, 1946, she predeceased him on July 16, 2005. He retired from Chesaning Union Schools, where he was a custodian and bus driver for many years. After retiring, he moved to his lake home in Kalkaska. Bud was an avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, boating, camping and many other activities. He served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was taken as a prisoner of war in the Philippines by the Japanese for 42 months. Bud was a member of the American Legion, D.A.V. and the V.F.W. Bud was also active in his church as an usher and very active in the Chesaning Boy Scouts for many years. Surviving are four children, Jean Ann and Karrie Illner of Washington, Mich.; Dale and Linda Blackmer of Grand Haven; Pat Bonner of Saginaw; Jane and Chris Martin of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Helen Maves, Frances Gasper, Jane Alden, Sue Morrissette, Thelma Morrissette and Betty Blackmer; brother-in-law, Joseph Beckman. He was predeceased by his wife, Leona, sons, Daniel Blackmer on July 25, 2004 and Donald Blackmer, daughter-in-law, Cheri (McCormick) Blackmer, his parents, sisters, Eileen Hill, Geraldine Schnebelt, Florence Weber and Joyce Beckman, brothers, Harold, Chuck and Robert. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Chesaning. Rev. Fr. Richard Bokinskie will officiate with burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the Walker-Martin Funeral Home, Chesaning on Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Thursday at church after 10:00 a.m. Scripture service will be 7:00 p.m. Wednesday followed by the Rosary. Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's Association. Published in Saginaw News on MLive.com from Jan. 8 to Jan. 10, 2006.