Lucille Frances Blacklock died Sept. 10, 2004. She was 72 years
old.
Lucille Frances Blacklock died Sept. 10, 2004. She was 72 years old.
She was born Nov. 23, 1927 in Bakersfield, Calif. and came to Hollister when she was 14 years old. She graduated from local schools and worked at the State Theater as a teenager. She also worked in her father and mother’s restaurant, the Bishop Cafe in 1947. It was then and there Lucille met Bill Blacklock, her husband to be, and they later married July 30, 1947 in Reno, Nev. She helped her husband on both of the ranches and worked a regular shift at the California Prune and Apricot Association at the same time. She worked on the ranches with her husband until they both retired in 1990.
She is survived by her husband William C. Blacklock of Hollister; her daughter and son-in-law, Diana and John Tilley of Coalinga; son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Laura Blacklock of Hollister; grandchildren Michael Tilley and Jennifer Courtney of Coalinga, and Sarah and Rebecca Balcklock of Hollister. She is also survived by her great grandsons Cameron Courtney, Justin Courtney and Trevor Courtney; brother John Hoagland of San Jose; sister Barbara Griffin of Gilroy; sisters-in-law Lucy Hoagland of Hollister and Loraine Johnson of Santa Clara; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Louise and John Hoagland; sister Maxine Ferraro; brother Billy Joe Hoagland and sister-in-law Vivian Hoagland; and nephew David Ferraro.
Lucille loved to vacation in Yosemite in the summertime with her family. Later she enjoyed going to Lake Tahoe, Carson City and Virginia City in the summertime and going around the lake to Crystal Bay.
Graveside services will be held on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004 at 2pm at the IOOF Cemetery in Hollister. Rev. John Amelio of Glad Tidings Church will officiate.
