John Blake
Published April 28, 2003
John P. Blake, 74, was born May 15, 1928, in Boston and died April 28, 2003, at Whidbey General Hospital.
John graduated from Tufts University with a degree in biology and shortly afterwards enlisted in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard the USS Princeton as a corpsman during the Korean Conflict.
After the war, while serving in Japan, he met and married Tokiko Minase. In 1959, John was commissioned in the Medical Service Corps as a specialist in aerospace physiology; he was the 13th officer designated. He retired in 1970 as a lieutenant commander and settled in Oak Harbor.
John is survived by his wife of 48 years, Tokiko; son Bill Blake who lives in Germany; daughter and son-in-law Judy and Bill Boyce and granddaughter Cassandra who live in California. A private family memorial is planned.