Blair, William Leroy

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BLAI.W001
• _FGRAVE: 179078368
• Military Service: World War II, Machinist's Mate Third Class, 103rd Naval Construction Battalion, United States Navy

Notes:

William Lee Blair, 89, of Decatur, left Aspen Care Memory for his Heavenly Home on Thursday, May 4, 2017.

On November 3, 1948, he and Adeline Wolf were united in marriage in Louisville, IL. Lee was a post WW II veteran. He served on the island of Guam from 1946-1948 as a Navy Seabee, construction battalion.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Adeline and three sisters.

He is survived by his daughter, Faye Bennett and husband Greg of Windsor; granddaughter Ashley Bennett; grandson William Drew and wife Danielle; brother Robert “Bob” Bair and wife Nellie, and many nieces and nephews.

Private family graveside services will be at the Red Brush Cemetery in Louisville. Lee attended Calvary Baptist Church in Decatur. Lovins Lockart Funeral Home in Windsor is assisting the family.

Obituary: Lovins Lockart Funeral Home - Windsor, Illinois

Military Service:
Entered active service on June 15, 1946. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Departed the Continental U.S. bound for Guam in the Marshall Islands, where he served as a Seabee with the 103rd Naval Construction Battalion. Honorably discharged as a Machinist's Mate Third Class on April 5, 1948 at Naval Receiving Station, San Francisco, California. Earned the WWII Victory Medal.

(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2117862