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Kenneth Waugh Blake, age 96, of Independence, KY passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood. He was born on December 19, 1919 in Ashton, WV to Doc and Mary Blake. He was the youngest and last surviving of eight siblings.
Mr. Blake married his wife, Louise Hogsett in 1942 and they were married 69 years until her death in 2012. He is survived by his only child, Michael Blake of Tallahassee, FL. An Entrepreneur, Mr. Blake was the former owner of Kensoil Company and Ken's Meter Testing and a member of Bible Baptist Church in Wilmington, OH.
Over the years, he was a member of the Bradford Masonic Lodge #123 in Independence, KY, a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, the Shriners, and a Kentucky Colonel.
His services will be private at the convenience of the family. Interment will be at Floral Hills Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Cincinnati Shriners Hospital, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229.
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