Blake E. Hinton

1929 - 2022

Blake E. Hinton, 92, of North Platte, passed away at the Golden Living Center in Cozad on July 4, 2022. Blake was born to Dale and Mary (Doud) Hinton in South Bend, Indiana, on July 11, 1929. He grew up in South Bend where he graduated from Washington Clay High School in Clay Township and worked for A&P Tea Company and then for Greenwood Brothers Supermarket as a produce manager and store manager for 14 years. On Sept. 10, 1949, Blake was united in marriage to Jeanette Louise Fair in South Bend. They were blessed with 63 years of marriage and five children. Blake and Jeanette lived in South Bend until 1965 when they moved to Florida and owned and operated Dog-N-Suds in Naples for 5 years before buying a restaurant in Fort Myers that they ran for 4 years. The Hinton family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1971 and Blake worked at a detective agency for a few years and then returned to Florida. In 1982, the Hinton's moved to North Platte and leased the Airport Inn, operating the restaurant until retiring in 1991. They were members of the First Baptist Church. Blake and Jeanette enjoyed traveling. They traveled through Europe, Texas, Alaska and all the lower 48 states. They especially enjoyed wintering in Texas. Blake was a member of the Masonic Tropical Lodge No. 56 in Fort Meyers and the Shriners in Hastings. Blake was an amazing singer who sang with several opera groups in Florida and with his church choir. Blake was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanette; his son, Dave; his father, Dale Hinton; and mother and stepfather, Mary and John Young. Survivors include his daughters, Dianne (Clark) Laier of Eustis, Kathleen (Calvin) Miller of Omaha and Becky Hinton of Cozad; his son, Randolph (Jean) Hinton of Lincoln; daughter-in-law, Becky Hinton of Casper, Wyoming; grandchildren, Andrea, Andy, Patrick (Kandi), Cody (Kim), Callie (Josh), Janina (Josh), Justin, Cassidy (Jessica), Alex (Erica) and Ryan; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and other family. Memorials are suggested to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Online condolences may be shared at odeanchapel.com. Celebration of life is at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the First Baptist Church. Inurnment will follow at Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens. The memorial book may be signed at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore, which is in charge of arrangements.