A memorial service for Mrs. Agnes Phelps Blake, 78, a descendant of local pioneers, an avid local historian and widow of Joseph A. Blake Jr., will be held at 11 a.m. April 29 at Trinity Episcopal Church Chapel. Private graveside services will be held in Brookside Cemetery. Mrs. Blake died Friday at her home at 140 Ten Eyck St.
There will be no calling hours. Arrangements are with the Cleveland-Spink Funeral Home. Donations may be made in her name to the Jefferson County Historical Society or the North Country Bird Club.
Mrs. Blake is survived by a son. Joseph A. Blake 3rd, Clayton, and three grandchildren. Frank L.. Glenn J. and Sarah R.. all of Clayton.
Born in Watertown Aug. 9, 1907, a daughter of Addison F. and Agnes Phelps Van Ostrand Lansing, she attended local schools, the Master's School at Dobbs Ferry and the Fontaine School, Cannes, France. She was a descendant of Noadiah Hubbard, an early settler of the Town of Champion.
As a young woman, she was employed by the Jefferson County National Bank and by her father's architectural firm of Lansing and Greene.
She married Joseph A. Blake Jr on July 22, 1939, at the residence of her cousin, the late Emma S. Lansing, 143 Clinton St. Emma Lansing was a sister of Robert Lansing, secretary of state under President Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Blakel a former partner in the firm of Blake and Curry Stoker Co., died in May 1966.
Mrs. Blake's interest in local architecture prompted her to compile an exhaustive list of building and private homes designed by her father's firm. These buildings include the Memorial Health building on Park Place, Case and North Junior High Schools, the offices of Bagley and Sewall (Black Clawson), the former Clinton Street residence of Pauline Dillenbeck. the Bagley House on the corner of Ten Eyck and Sherman streets and the residence of Rev. Allen Macy Dulles which stood on Mullin Street.
She also prepared an article on the history of Thompson Park and one on Lansing Dorp a housing development fronting Mill Street which was built during World War I to provide housing for New York Air Brake workers.

Active in several organizations. she was a former president of the North Country Bird Club and was involved in the distribution of the organization's newsletter. "The Upland Plover." With her husband. she helped organize the Joseph A. Blake Jr. wildlife sanctuary in the Town of Rutland.
A life member of the Jefferson County Historical Society, she was a former member of the Board of Trustees and had recently been active on the Costume Committee.
She was a member of the House of the Good Samaritan Auxiliary, an officer on the board of the Visiting Nurses Association and was involved in the Red Cross blood bank. She was active in the Watertown Little Theatre and the Crescent Yacht Club. Chaumont.

A memorial service for Mrs. Agnes Phelps Blake, 78, a descendant of local pioneers, an avid local historian and widow of Joseph A. Blake Jr., will be held at 11 a.m. April 29 at Trinity Episcopal Church Chapel. Private graveside services will be held in Brookside Cemetery. Mrs. Blake died Friday at her home at 140 Ten Eyck St.
There will be no calling hours. Arrangements are with the Cleveland-Spink Funeral Home. Donations may be made in her name to the Jefferson County Historical Society or the North Country Bird Club.
Mrs. Blake is survived by a son. Joseph A. Blake 3rd, Clayton, and three grandchildren. Frank L.. Glenn J. and Sarah R.. all of Clayton.
Born in Watertown Aug. 9, 1907, a daughter of Addison F. and Agnes Phelps Van Ostrand Lansing, she attended local schools, the Master's School at Dobbs Ferry and the Fontaine School, Cannes, France. She was a descendant of Noadiah Hubbard, an early settler of the Town of Champion.
As a young woman, she was employed by the Jefferson County National Bank and by her father's architectural firm of Lansing and Greene.
She married Joseph A. Blake Jr on July 22, 1939, at the residence of her cousin, the late Emma S. Lansing, 143 Clinton St. Emma Lansing was a sister of Robert Lansing, secretary of state under President Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Blakel a former partner in the firm of Blake and Curry Stoker Co., died in May 1966.
Mrs. Blake's interest in local architecture prompted her to compile an exhaustive list of building and private homes designed by her father's firm. These buildings include the Memorial Health building on Park Place, Case and North Junior High Schools, the offices of Bagley and Sewall (Black Clawson), the former Clinton Street residence of Pauline Dillenbeck. the Bagley House on the corner of Ten Eyck and Sherman streets and the residence of Rev. Allen Macy Dulles which stood on Mullin Street.
She also prepared an article on the history of Thompson Park and one on Lansing Dorp a housing development fronting Mill Street which was built during World War I to provide housing for New York Air Brake workers.

Active in several organizations. she was a former president of the North Country Bird Club and was involved in the distribution of the organization's newsletter. "The Upland Plover." With her husband. she helped organize the Joseph A. Blake Jr. wildlife sanctuary in the Town of Rutland.
A life member of the Jefferson County Historical Society, she was a former member of the Board of Trustees and had recently been active on the Costume Committee.
She was a member of the House of the Good Samaritan Auxiliary, an officer on the board of the Visiting Nurses Association and was involved in the Red Cross blood bank. She was active in the Watertown Little Theatre and the Crescent Yacht Club. Chaumont.