Francis James "Frank" Blewett

BLEWETT, Francis James (Frank)- Of Davison, age 87, went home to be with our Lord on Wednesday, August 3, 2016.

 

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road, Pastor Frank Beck, Jim Salo and Tom Graham co-officiating.

 

Visitation 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

 

Frank was born in Flint, on April 29, 1929, the son of the late Albert and Margaret (Berryman) Blewett.

 

He lived in Flint, Clio and the last 18 years in Davison.

 

Mr. Blewett was employed at General Motors in Skilled Trades. After retirement, he worked a short time at Flint Auto Auction and Swartz Funeral Home.

 

He also worked 16 years at Loomis Fargo as an Armed Guard.

 

He was a member of the Genesee County Special Deputy’s.

 

Mr. Blewett was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Korean War.

 

Frank was a member of Flint First Wesleyan Church, helping to build the present church in 1962 and 1963.

 

He served on the Board of Administration, Trustee Board and Usher for many years.

 

Frank enjoyed being a choir member and participating in the Christmas and Easter cantatas.

 

Frank was devoted to his Lord, family and friends.

 

He enjoyed calling on those who were ill and loved life and making people happy.

 

Surviving are his wife and soulmate, Wanda;

 

daughter, Mary Lynn Jakubielski;

 

son, John (Maureen) Blewett;

 

four grandchildren, Jason (Jennifer) Waun,

Johnnie Blewett,

James (fiancee Courtney Miller) Blewett and Elizabeth (Dr. Michael) Phinn;

 

four great-grandchildren, Brook, Joe and Jenna Waun and Aiden Phinn;

 

sister and brother-in-law, Betty Ann and Paul Merritt,

brothers-in-law, Gerald Waun,

Jack (Maria) Fry;

 

nieces and nephews.

 

Frank was preceded in death by his parents, Margaret and Albert Blewett; brother, Albert Blewett; sister, Marie Most; daughter-in-law, Kellie Blewett and son-in-law, William Jakubielski; sisters-in-law, Connie Lanfear, Barbara Sims and Pat Waun.

 

Special thanks and gratitude to the staff at Stonegate Health Center and McLaren Hospice.

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