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+2019,
Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, Obituary
A
beloved treasure hunter known for his role on Nova Scotia's infamous Oak Island
is being remembered for his knowledge, and love for the hunt. Dan Blankenship died on Sunday [March 17, 2019] at the age of 95 [1923].
His
son has received a steady stream of phone calls, emails, and messages on social
media, and says he is overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and condolences.
“Quiet man,” said Dan’s son, Dave Blankenship. “He used to be a contractor in
Florida, and he come up here and, this is nuts! It’s gone on like wildfire.” Blankenship
was a veteran of the U.S. army and owned a contracting company in Florida
before stumbling across an article in Reader's Digest about the lost treasure
of Oak Island.
After
reading the article, Blankenship moved to Nova Scotia in the 1960s and spent
much of his life -- and a small fortune -- trying to find the fabled treasure. “We
have found certain clues over the period of time in certain areas that have
kept us involved all these many years,” Dan Blankenship told CTV Atlantic during
an interview in October 2014. “To the best of my knowledge, no one has stayed
on the island and been involved in more or less the daily thing longer than I
have.”
Blankenship
was already almost 90 years old when the hugely popular reality show "The
Curse of Oak Island" began. The show documents two brothers' attempts to
unearth the treasure and Blankenship featured prominently in the TV show. It
made his name known all over the world, and he received plenty of letters and tips
from others interested in his work. “He had one folder that was probably about
four or five inches thick of people’s ideas of how to do it,” said Dave
Blankenship. “But none of them ever panned out.”
Family
members of Blankenship say they will remember him as a strong-willed man. “It
was his way or it was no way. There was the right way, the wrong way, and dad’s
way, and it was usually the hardest way,” said Dave Blankenship.
A
funeral service will be held Monday afternoon in Mahone Bay, N.S. Among the
songs to be played at the service is Frank Sinatra’s version of “My Way.”
+2011,
Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, Obituary
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197635188/jane-cecilia-blankenship
Jane
Blankenship - 1924 – 2011
Jane
Cecilia Blankenship, 87, Oak Island,
Lunenburg County passed away February 9, 2011 in South Shore Regional Hospital,
Bridgewater. Born in Norwalk, USA, she was a daughter of the late Theresa
Lablanovitz.
She
left Miami, Florida with her husband Dan and moved to Oak Island. She
volunteered at Western Shore Area Improvement Bingo for 10 years.
She
was predeceased by daughter, Janet Kirby and son-in-law, Billy Flowers.
She
is survived by her husband, Daniel; son, David (Garnette), Oak Island;
daughter, Linda Flowers, Georgia; grandchildren, Travis Hiltz (Mary Anne
Donovan), Lunenburg; Bill (Tinna) Flowers, Florida; Dawn (Eilder) Rubio,
Georgia; Jason (Elna) Lawson , Texas; great-grandchildren, Sophia, Norah,
Tyler, Skylar and Kristina.
Funeral
service at St. Mark's Anglican Church, Martin's Point, Reverend Bonnie Baird
officiating. Interment in Western Shore Cemetery. R. A. Corkum Funeral Home,
Wileville.