Blankenbaker, John Madison

1880 - 1959  (79 years)

• Name	Blankenbaker, John Madison  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Feb 1880	Madison, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1914-1959	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California   [3]
  Death	11 Sep 1959	Los Angeles, California   [3, 4]
  Burial	Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California
  Person ID	I27739	European Descendants
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Blankenbaker, Elliott Simeon,   b. 13 Jan 1852, Madison, Virginia d. Aft 1920, Madison, Virginia (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Carpenter, Mary Alice,   b. 25 Dec 1851, Madison, Virginia d. 9 Jul 1917, Madison, Virginia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1871	Madison, Virginia
  Family ID	F8976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Stiffler, Edith E.,   b. 28 May 1884, Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania d. 27 Dec 1929, Cambria, Pennsylvania (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1903	Pennsylvania
  Children	1. Blankenbaker, Esther,   b. 7 Jul 1904, Cambria, Pennsylvania d. Jul 1994 (Age 90 years)   2. Blankenbaker, Bertha C.,   b. 1909, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Savilla,   b. Abt 1878, Illinois d. 2 Feb 1964, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 86 years)
  Residence	1959	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California   [4]
  	1745 W. 21st St
  Children	1. Blankenbaker, John
  Family ID	F13250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1914-1959 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Residence - 1745 W. 21st St - 1959 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Burial - - Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Madison Blankenbaker was a resident of Los Angeles from 1914 until his death in 1959. He was employed by the Western Pipe and Steel company there.

  
  

• Sources

  [S844] Madison County Eagle, Madison County Eagle, ((https://www.virginiachronicle.com/)), accessed 30 Jan 2026), Sims T. [sic] Blankenbaker Obituary; https://www.virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=MCE19550106.1.1. (Reliability: 3). Sims T. Blankenbaker (contributed) Sims A. Blankenbaker, of Madison died at his home on Monday, December 27th at 2:30 p. m., after a rather long illness. He was born la Madison county on April 10, 1873. He was the husband of the late Ella Blanche May and the son of the late Elliott Blankenbaker and Mary Carpenter Blankenbaker. He was a member of the Madison Methodist church for a number of years. He is survived by one son, John E. Blankenbaker, of Madison; three brothers, Fritz Blankenbaker, of Etlan; Jesse Blankenbaker, of Laurel Mills Va., and John Blankenbaker of California. Other survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Nora Carpenter of Madison, Mrs. Leona Yowell of Banco, Mrs. Charles Sprengel of Gordonsville, Mrs. Ashby Berry of Luray. There are also one grandchild, Mrs. Virginia Estes and one greatgrandchild, Nancy Estes. Two sisters, Mrs. Sally Brown and Mrs. Cora preceded him to the grave. Graveside funeral services were held in the Cedar Hill cemetery on Wednesday afternoon, December 29th at 2 p. m., with the Rev. E. E. Henley officiating. Active pallbearers were Bernard Blankenbaker, A. C. Jenkins, Paul Spitzer, Elmer Tanner, Brooke Aylor, Jesse May. Madison County Eagle, Volume 46, Number 1, 6 January 1955, Page 1 [S835] 1950 United Stated Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T628, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, enumeration district (ED) 66-2038, sheet 14, household 1745 (Reliability: 3). [S782] Find a Grave, ((https://www.findagrave.com/)), accessed 9 Jun 2026), John Blankenbaker Obituary, Southwest Wave, Los Angeles, CA, Thurs, 17 Sep 1959; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147680820/john-madison-blankenbaker#view-photo=275845571. (Reliability: 3). Funeral services for John Madison Blankenbaker, 79, who died at his home, 1745 West Forty-first street, were conducted at Pierce Brothers' Crenshaw chapel, with Pastor John M. Bruneer, of the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, officiating. Interment was in Inglewood Park cemetery. Blankenbaker, a resident of Los Angeles for the past 45 years, had been employed by the Western Pipe and Steel company here. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Savilla Blankenbaker; a son, John Blankenbaker; a brother, Jesse Blankenbaker; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Berry and Mrs. Flora Spriengel; a niece, Mrs. Eleanor Peterson, and three grandchildren. Southwest Wave, Los Angeles, CA, Thurs, Sept 17, 1959 [S1067] California, California Death Certificates, California Death Certificates, City of Los Angeles Certificates of Death, 16833 (1959), John Madison Blankenbaker; FHL Microfilm <. (Reliability: 3).