This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blakney, Roberts, Adams, Polo Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1603 Message Board Post: Mrs. Lilas Adams Blakney, age 96, of Kalamazoo and formerly of Hastings, passed away quietly on December 27, 1999. Lilas was born in 1903 in Hastings, the daughter of Harvey Adams and Elmina Roberts Adams. As a young woman, she was an accomplished pianist, but chose education over music. She was a graduate of Albion Teachers College in 1923. Her teaching career was temporarily interrupted by marriage and children. Lilas was married to Hubert Blakney, who was also from Hastings, in 1929. They had one daughter, Janet Helen, in 1931. Lilas continued her education affiliation with Western Michigan University, where she worked for nearly 20 years. She is survived by her grandson, Stephen Blakney Polo and his wife, Barbara Jeanne Polo; her great grandchildren, Jackson Blakney Polo and Genevieve May Polo of Alexandria, Virginia. A graveside remembrance will be held in Hastings this summer. Lilas will be interred next to her husband and daughter. In lieu of flowers, pleas! e send contributions to the Friendship Village Friends Fund, 1400 North Drake Road, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006. Arrangements were made by the Williams Funeral Home in Delton.