Larned  - Norma J. Blake, 86, passed away April 9, 2021 at The University of Kansas Health Systems, Pawnee Valley Campus, Larned.

She was born December 8, 1934 in Larned; the daughter of Harold and Lois Balman Arnold.  A lifetime area resident; she was a farm wife.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Rozel, the American Baptist Women, enjoyed helping her daughter Debra with preschool, vacation bible school and being a Sunday school teacher.

On July 21, 1953 she married G. Leonard Blake in Rozel.  He survives.

Other survivors include; three sons, Dennis (Nancy) Blake, Hazelton, Randal (Julia) Blake, Larned, Jerel (Robert) Blake, Lenexa; a daughter, Debra (Ritch) Foos, Rozel; eleven grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Knudson and Wilma Smith.

Funeral will be 10:00 a.m. Friday at Beckwith Mortuary Chapel with Grandson Pastor Travis Blake presiding.  Service will be viewable via Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/beckwithmortuary. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary with family present from 6-8 p.m.  Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery, Larned, Kansas.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Freedom Gates Boy Ranch (Founder Dennis Blake) or the Salvation Army, both in care of Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550.  Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com .