Pete Blake

Pete Blake obituary, Lakewood, OH

Pete Blake

Pete Blake Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Berry-McGreevey-Martens Funeral Home & Cremation Service on Jan. 17, 2024.

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Pete Blake, age 86, beloved husband of the late Susan (nee Hovis); father of Pete Jr. (Laura), Jack Claycomb, Jr., Julie Claycomb, and the late Patrick Blake and James Claycomb; grandfather of Henry, Matthew, John, Adam, Jack, and Carter Blake, and Sarah, Christopher, and Noelle Claycomb; brother of Julie Koener (Joe), and Harry Blake (Sondra).
Pete was a kind, generous, humorous, and most importantly, selfless person. Pete endured some life bumps that many people have never experienced in their own lives. He lost two loving wives to cancer. He lost his youngest son at an early age. When Pete was asked, "how you doing?" He always answered, "pretty good, nothing hurts". In all his travails during his last few months on this earth, he never complained, even though he had a hell of a lot to complain about. Complaining was just not in his DNA. He cared about whomever was calling much more than himself.
Graveside service Saturday, June 1, 2023 at 1 p.m. at Lakewood Park Cemetery. www.BerryMcGreevey.com
Berry-McGreevey-Martens Funeral Home and Cremation Service
26691 Detroit Road, Westlake, OH 44145
440-617-1911

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