Mass of Christian Burial for Bernard “Bernie” Blakeman, age 66 of Boone, will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Perry. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Linden, IA. Memorials will be given to family and may be left at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care. Online condolences may be left at www.carrisfuneralhome.com.

Left to cherish Bernie’s memory are his children, Melinda Blakeman, Luke Blakeman and Elizabeth Blakeman, granddaughter, Nara Blakeman, siblings, Tim (Roberta) Blakeman, Mary (Steve) Heckman, Margaret (Don) Burke and Amy (Scott) Groenenboom.