Blankenbaker, Virginia M.^[1]

1924 - 2009  (85 years)

• Name	Blankenbaker, Virginia M.
  Birth	7 Apr 1924	Charlottesville (city), Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Sep 2009	Autumn Care of Madison, Madison, Madison, Virginia   [2]
  Burial	Cedar Hill Cemetery, Madison, Madison, Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I27736	European Descendants
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Blankenbaker, John Elliott,   b. Apr 1899, Virginia d. 10 Oct 1974, Aroda, Madison, Virginia (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Armentrout, Sarah Alice,   b. 7 Jan 1898, Virginia d. 21 May 1963, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, Charlottesville (city), Virginia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1921	Madison, Virginia
  Family ID	F10533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Estes, James Boyd,   b. 1911, Virginia d. 22 May 1996, Culpeper Health Care Center, Culpeper, Virginia (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Estes, Nancy Dawn,   b. 7 Jun 1943, Virginia d. 29 May 2007, Madison, Virginia (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F9477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Apr 1924 - Charlottesville (city), Virginia Death - 29 Sep 2009 - Autumn Care of Madison, Madison, Madison, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S674] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org), ((http://new.familysearch.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S872] Legacy.com, Legacy.com Obituaries, ((www.legacy.com)), accessed 30 Jan 2026), Virginia Blankenbaker Estes; https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/virginia-estes-obituary?pid=133702752. (Reliability: 3). Virginia Blankenbaker Estes, 85, of Madison, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at Autumn Care of Madison. She was born April 7, 1924, in Charlottesville, the daughter of the late John Elliott Blankenbaker and Alice Armentrout Blankenbaker and wife of the late James Boyd Estes. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Estes Berrey. Mrs. Estes was a member of Beth Car Baptist Church in Madison. She is survived by three grandchildren, Catherine B. Dunn, Robert H. Berrey Jr. and his wife, Kim, and Donna L. Berrey; two great-grandchildren, Maggie Berrey and John Berrey and a son-in-law; Robert H. Berrey Sr., all of Madison. A graveside funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, October 2, 2009, at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Madison conducted by Dr. Don Reid. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Thursday, October 1, 2009, at the Preddy Funeral Home Chapel in Madison. Memorial contributions may be made to the Madison County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 868, Madison, Virginia 22727. This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.