James E. Blinzinger

TELL CITY — James E. Blinzinger, 92, of Tell City, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Oakwood Health Campus in Tell City. Jim was born on September 16, 1915, to the late Edward and Anges (Minto) Blinzinger.

Jim was a 1933 graduate of Tell City High School. He was married to his first wife, Edith Ann Huff, on March 28, 1937. She passed away on June 10, 1977, and he was later married on July 15, 1978, to Anna Jean Fournier Webb. He was owner of Blinzinger Meat Processing Plant and Market and was a member of Evangelical United Church of Christ for 52 years, singing in the church choir and serving as past president of the church board. He was also a member of the Historical Society and IOOF. After retirement he was an active volunteer taking cancer patients for treatments. He enjoyed playing cards, traveling, spending time with family and socializing.

Jim is survived by his wife of 29 years, Anna Jean "A.J." (Fournier) Webb Blinzinger of Tell City; two sons, Don and wife, Maria, of Indianapolis, and Lynn and wife, Dorothy, of Oakland City, Ind.; two stepdaughters, Charlene Kessner and husband, Robert, of Evansville, and Jane Arnold and husband, Dave, of Tell City; grandchildren, Kelly Grant, Pollyanna Fiddler, Emily Parke, Chris, Jon, Aaron, James and Brian Blinzinger; two stepgrandchildren, Amy Seifried and Julie Driver; 18 great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Melba Scott and Bette Pagragan, both of Tell City.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at 11 a.m. CST at Evangelical United Church of Christ in Tell City, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery in Tell City. Rev. Lance Lackore will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m at Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home, located at 920 10th Street, Tell City, Indiana. Memorial contributions may be made to Evangelical United Church of Christ.