Ilene Blake
Ilene Blake

Obituary of Ilene M. Blake

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Ilene Mills Blake Ilene Mills Blake of Ashburn, Virginia passed on Thursday April 23, 2015, at the age of 82, while under Hospice care. She was born on August 31, 1932, in Kegley, West Virginia to Ile and Okley Mills. She was predeceased by her husband Warren Porter Blake in 1997. She is survived by her sons Ile Wayne Blake and wife Cathy and Edward Dean Blake and wife Laura all of Sterling, Virginia; grandchildren Tanya, Wendi, Mendi, Katie and Samantha; greatgrandchildren Kirsten, Marissa, Isabel, Elizabeth, Tayler, Brooklynn, Alyssa, Tays, Kelley and Madison; her brothers John Wallace (JW) and wife Beverly, Billy and wife Mable, Stanley and wife Martha, and her sister Shelva and husband John and numerous nieces and nephews. Ilene was known to those who loved her as a loving wife, mother and friend. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Ilene graduated from George Washington University and worked in the Arlington Library system until taking a job with Fairfax County Government. She retired in 1989 from Fairfax County Government where she was the Director of Management and Budget for many years. She was the founder of Blake School and Childcare Center, Sterling, VA and cofounder of Clairmont School and Childcare Center, Montclair, VA. She was included in Who's Who of American Business Women. She was considered a creative and innovative business woman by her peers. Ilene had an adventurous and fearless spirit and she loved to travel with her family and to spent time with them in her Ashburn and Lake Anna homes. A viewing will be held at AdamsGreen Funeral Home in Herndon, Virginia from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. In addition, a viewing from 11:00 am until 12:00 pm followed by a funeral service at 12:00 pm , will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2015 also at AdamsGreen. Family will receive friends at the Loudoun Elks Lodge in Sterling, Virginia immediately after the funeral service. Burial will take place at the Reid Family Cemetery in Spanishburg, West Virginia May 16, 2015. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to The American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org , the Parkinson Research Foundation at www.parkinsonhope.com or to Loudoun Elks Lodge #2406 at www.elks2406.com of which Mrs. Blake was a long time supporter.
Wednesday
29
April

First Visitation

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Adams-Green Funeral Home
721 Elden St.
Herndon, Virginia, United States
Thursday
30
April

Second Visitation

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Adams-Green Funeral Home
721 Elden St.
Herndon, Virginia, United States
Thursday
30
April

Service Information

12:00 pm
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Adams-Green Funeral Home
721 Elden St.
Herndon, Virginia, United States
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