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Mother's
Day, 2019:
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My dear, beautiful, loving Mom passed away suddenly on
8-May-2020. She appears to have passed painlessly.
She was able to live independently, to the very end, which was
her wish.
I
find consolation in knowing that we were always close and that I was able to
help her remain comfortably independent for the last decade since my father
passed away in 2010. We lived only 1 mile apart in Shoreview, and this was
a great blessing. It was easy to see her at any time, even in the middle
of walks in our neighborhood. It was a blessing that Jamie and Joe got to
know her so well and develop close relationships with her. I know this
was a joy for her as well. Her
joy was in her family and we did our best to make sure she had plenty of family
time. I
also am glad I had the chance to help her travel to Europe many times, which was
also a great joy for her. France
and Belgium, 1997 France
and Italy,
1999 France,
2010 Scandinavia,
2012 New
Orleans. 2018 Key
West, 2019 And of
course many
trips to our home in White Salmon, Washington (her "favorite
place", second only to Provence) The
pictures below help tell the story of her life.
White Salmon,
2019:
Below: Circa 1946, Jackson, MS (she is on the right, about
age 11):
Mom's obituary text:
Harriet
Elizabeth Ventress Blilie, 84, Shoreview, Minnesota
Harriet passed away suddenly on May 8, 2020, at age 84.
Harriet was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1935 to Charles Galloway
Ventress and Mary (Norwood) Ventress, both of whom were college graduates.
She grew up in Jackson with her older sister Ann (b. 1929) and brother
William (b. 1932), graduating from Jackson Central High School.
She attended Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans and graduated from
Millsaps College in Jackson, MS, in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts in English
Literature. Shortly after
graduation, she married her husband James in Jackson.
Harriet met James in Northwest Florida, at her sister's home, behind which was
James's home. She asked her sister
who lived in that house and was told it was some Air Force boys.
This piqued her interest. That
was how a man from Minnesota met and married a beautiful Southern Belle from
Mississippi.
Harriet
made her family her life as a homemaker and mother.
Harriet and James first lived in Valparaiso Florida where James was
stationed as an Air Force officer. They
then lived in southern California, where sons Charles (1959), James (1961), and
daughter Julie (1962) were born. They
then lived in Norfolk, VA, and Chelmsford, MA, where son Jon was born (1965).
Eventually the family settled in Minnesota.
Harriet was
dedicated to her family: Always the
steady foundation for their adventures. There
was always comfort, safety, good food, fun, and love in her home.
Harriet enjoyed traveling with her family:
Vacations to visit family in Mississippi, Florida, and elsewhere, and
road trips to, among other places, Florida, Newfoundland, Glacier National Park,
and the American Southwest.
Harriet was
very active in the Daughters of the American Revolution (Nathan Hale Chapter),
like her mother before her. She was
also very active in her church. She enjoyed drawing and painting throughout her
life, also like her mother. Harriet
enjoyed reading and especially travel. Among
her favorite travel destinations were: The
United Kingdom, France (especially Provence), Norway, Sweden, and the American
West, especially Washington State.
Harriet is survived
by sons Charles Blilie (Shelley, Kirsten), Arden Hills, MN, James Blilie
(Phyllis, Joe, Jamie) Shoreview, MN, and Jon Blilie (Bobbi, Kai), Albuquerque,
NM, and grandchildren Kirsten Blilie (Tyler, TX), Kai Blilie (Albuquerque, NM),
Joe Pudlik (Shoreview, MN), and Jamie Blilie (Shoreview, MN).
Harriet was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, James Louis Blilie
(1923-2010), her daughter Julie Blilie (1962-1997), sister Ann (Ventress) Spence
(Niceville, FL, 1929-2012), and brother William Ventress (Vinita, OK,
1932-2012).
Mom will eventually
rest at: Morningside
Memorial Gardens, Coon Rapids, MN
And:
Scattered in White
Salmon Washington, at a spot with a view of Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood
1989, Isanti MN, with my Dad
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Summer 1960,
California
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2010, Provence:
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1958, Mississippi
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June 1958, Jackson,
Mississippi
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June 1958, Jackson,
Mississippi
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June 1960, Lake
Tahoe
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Below are many
photos of my Mom, when she was growing up.
For
much more of her and her family, click here.
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1936 or 1937,
Jackson, MS |
Circa 1940,
Jackson, MS |
Circa 1940,
Jackson, MS |
Circa 1946,
Jackson, MS |
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1958, Natchez
Trace, MS |
1958, Jackson,
MS |
Millsaps College
graduate, 1958 |
The happy
couple, Jackson June 1958 |
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Engagement and
wedding portraits, 1958 |
Before the
wedding: L to R: Lorraine (Blilie) Polanek, Josie Gundersen,
Julie (Gundersen) Blilie, Harriet Ventress |
The wedding with
sister Ann
Her sister Ann
and Dad's friend Mark Garner stood up with them |
The wedding
(We only have
color print snap shots) |
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The wedding |
The wedding |
The wedding |
The wedding |
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The wedding (the
getaway) |
They drove that
red Buick from Jackson Mississippi to Mexico City for their honeymoon.
(My Dad was
pretty adventurous!) |
Mexico City,
July 1958 |
Early 1959,
pregnant with Charlie.
Uncle Bert's
farm, Glenwood City, WI: L to R: Vallea, Bert, Josie, Olga,
Mom, Julie (my Dad's mother) |
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Early 1959,
pregnant with Charlie.
Uncle Bert's
farm, Glenwood City, WI |
Summer 1959,
with Charlie, southern California |
Summer 1959,
with Charlie |
With her mother,
Mary (Norwood) Ventress and Charlie, 1959 |
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With Charlie,
Mission San Fernando, CA, 1959 |
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1960, California |
1960, with
Charlie |
June 1960 with
Charlie at Lake Tahoe |
1961, with me |
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1961 with
Charlie and me |
April 1962 with
Charlie and me |
1962 with
Charlie and with Julie |
Summer 1962 at
Bert's farm: Mom, Julie, Josie, me, Charlie, Olga, Bert |
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Summer 1963 with
Vallea and Bert |
1963 with Julie |
Nov. 1963
Kittyhawk, NC |
1964, on Old
Ironsides, Boston Harbor. Julie, Mom, Julie, Josie, me, Charlie |
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Summer 1965,
with Julie, Moosehead Lake, Maine |
Late 1965, with
Jon in arms |
1966 with Jon |
1966 with Jon |
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1966 with Jon |
Spring 1967 |
June 1968:
Ready for our adventure to drive/ferry to Newfoundland |
June 1968, Nova
Scotia |
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June 1968,
Terranova National Park, Newfoundland For
much more on this trip, click
here |
Feb. 1968 with
Jon |
Fall 1969,
probably at Mitchell Lake, MN |
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July 1974
Hidden Lake Overlook, Glacier National Park |
May 1970,
Mitchell Lake MN |
1970 with Julie |
1970, Mitchell
Lake MN, with Charlie |
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Summer 1971,
with Jon and his broken arm |
June 1972 |
1973 |
Sept. 1973,
Mitchell Lake |
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Dec 1973, with
Jon and Julie at Midway Hospital in St. Paul with her broken hip.
She was only 38. |
1975, not quite
40 years old |
Summer 1976,
Jackson, MS, with her father, Charles Galloway Ventress, 78 at the time |
1978 |
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1981 |
Dec 1981,
Charlie and Shelley's wedding |
July 1982, after
her hip replacement surgery |
Sept. 1982,
Mitchell Lake |
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Jul 1983, in the
Black Hills |
Dec 1983 |
Apr 1984, with
her sister Ann, Niceville, FL |
March 1986 with
Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara CA |
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March 1988,
northwest FL |
April 1988 with
Shelley, Charlie, Jon, and Julie |
June 1988 with
Julie |
Sept 1988 at Jon
and Bobbi's wedding |
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Oct 1988, formal
church portrait |
June 1989, with
first grandchild, Kirsten |
July 1989 with
our cousin Martin Kelly and Jon |
July 1989, with
Ira and Ardie Harrington and Vallea |
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Oct 1989, with
Julie and Kirsten |
Dec 1989 with my
Dad (and
"William of Orange") |
1980, with me at
Como Conservatory |
1981 |
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1982 |
Oct 1982,
Mitchell Lake |
1983 |
1983, Easter |
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Christmas 1984 |
Christmas 1984,
Shelley, Phyllis, Julie, and Mom |
Christmas 1984,
Trivial Pursuit |
March 1984 |
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July 1985,
Washington state, with Julie |
Fall 1986,
Charlie's property in Koochiching County, MN |
Sept 1986 hike
up Eagle Mountain, MN (highest point in MN) |
1988 |
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1988 Isanti
Gothic |
Christmas 1989
with me |
Nov. 1989, with
Kirsten |
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1991 |
1991 Grand
Marais, MN |
1991 with Susan
Robertson (Lorraine and Alex Polanek's daughter) |
Christmas 1991 |
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1991 |
1991 with
Kirsten |
1991 |
Jan. 1992 with
her best childhood friend, Ann Derryberry, Jackson, MS |
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Jan. 1992 Blue
Ridge Parkway |
Jan. 1992,
Jackson MS |
Jan. 1992, New
Orleans |
Jan. 1992, with
Walt and Ann Spence |
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Jan. 1992, with
Lorraine and Alex Polanek, Florence, SC |
Jan. 1992,
Washington, DC |
Jan. 1992,
Dayton, OH |
1992 with
Kirsten |
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Family group,
1992 |
Aug. 1992, with
brother William and sister Ann |
Family group
1992 |
With Kirsten and
Shelley, 1992 |
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1993 with Jon
and Bobbi |
April 1993, with
Scout |
May 1993 with my
Dad and sister Julie |
1993 with Scout |
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1993, Calvary
Lutheran Church,
St. Paul, MN |
1994 with Ann
and Walt Spence |
1994 with Scout |
1994 Isanti
Gothic |
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Dec. 1994,
Seattle |
1995 formal
church portrait |
1997 with Julie |
1997 |
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May 1997, France |
May 1997, France |
May 1997, France |
May 1997, France |
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Christmas 1997 |
Oct 1997 |
Mt.
Constitution, Orcas Island, WA, Jul 1998 |
Top of Tolmie
Peak, Mount Rainier NP, July 1998 |
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1998 |
May 1999,
Tuileries, Paris |
May 1999, France |
May 1999, France |
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May 1999, France |
May 1999, France |
May 1999, Italy |
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2001,
Minnesota |
Aug.,
2001, Mount Rainier NP |
On our
place in White Salmon, WA, Aug. 2001 |
June 2001,
on my Dad's friend Jim Wetzel's boat, NW Florida |
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2002, with
Jon and a very young Kai |
Oct. 2003
with Kai |
At
Phyllis's and my wedding, 2002 |
At
Phyllis's and my wedding, 2002 |
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With
Jamie, 2004 |
2005 |
Family
portraits, 2006 |
2006 |
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2007
Christmas time |
Oct. 2008 |
2009 trip
to White Salmon with Phyllis's Mom, Kay |
2009 trip
to White Salmon with Phyllis's Mom, Kay |
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Aug. 2009,
Jamie's graduation from preschool |
2009 |
2009 |
June 2010
Joe's graduation from Mounds View High School |
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Family
group, Apr, 2010 |
June 2010,
cousins Ingrid and John Arne Narum, visiting from Norway |
2010,
trip to France |
2010,
trip to France |
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2010,
trip to France |
2010,
trip to France
(wine was
consumed ...) |
2010,
trip to France |
2010,
trip to France |
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2010,
trip to France |
2010,
trip to France |
2010,
trip to France |
2010,
trip to France |
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2010,
trip to France |
White
Salmon in 2010 |
White Salmon in
2010 |
White Salmon in
2010 |
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2010,
Fall, in her new place in Shoreview |
Her
birthday in 2010 |
Christmas
Eve, 2010 |
Jan 2011 |
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April
2011, Gooseberry Falls State Park, MN |
May, 2001,
with Susan (Polanek) Robertson and Marge Polanek |
White
Salmon, 2011 |
White
Salmon 2011 (including a road trip to Oregon and California) |
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Crater
Lake, 2011 |
Oregon
Coast, 2011 |
North
Shore (Lake Superior) hiking, Summer 2011 |
2011 |
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2011, her
(first!) limo ride
to La Belle Vie,
Minneapolis |
2012 |
May 2012,
Twins Game |
2012
trip to Scandivania: Copenhagen |
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2012
trip to Scandivania: Varberg, Sweden with the Bendiksens |
2012
trip to Scandivania : Bliligaard, Norway, with the Narum
family |
2012
trip to Scandivania: Bliligaard, with John Arne and Ingrid Narum |
2012
trip to Scandivania: The Norwegian mountains and fjordlands |
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2012
trip to Scandivania: The Norwegian mountains and fjordlands |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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2014 |
2014,
Boules |
2015 |
2016 |
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2106,
Mother's Day, Easter |
2016, her
81st birthday party at Jax in Minneapolis |
Spring
2017, family photo |
2018,
New Orleans |
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2018,
New Orleans |
2018,
New Orleans |
Christmas
2018 |
2019,
Key West |
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2019,
Key West |
2019,
Key West |
White
Salmon 2019 |
White
Salmon 2019 |
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White
Salmon 2019 |
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Mom's Obituary, 17-May-2020, St. Paul Pioneer Press:
Background
Image: Poppies in Provence, near Gigondas, one of her
favorite places on the planet
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