Kenneth D. Blalock, 83, a Morgan County resident for over 60 years, passed away Monday, May 14, 2018, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush following an extended illness. He was born March 8, 1935, in Shawnee, OK.

Ken graduated from Shawnee High School and went to college in Tishamingo, OK. He moved to Morgan County to work. He met, and married, Patsy Holt in Fort Morgan at the Calvary Baptist Church on June 10, 1956. Together they owned and operated Ken's Floor Surfacing. They worked and traveled to several states installing floor surfaces.

Ken was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. Additionally he was a lifetime member of the Fort Morgan Elks Lodge, where he had served on the board of trustees for many years. He loved football, fishing and baseball. He coached the Fort Morgan American Legion Baseball Team for 19 summers. His team won the 1961 B Legion Tournament, which began a history of many winning baseball seasons in Fort Morgan.

Survivors include his wife of nearly 62 years, Pat Blalock; his son, Stanley Blalock all of Fort Morgan; his daughter, Sandy (John) Barber of Wiggins, CO; and his sister Betty (Ray) Reid of Shawnee, OK.

Graveside services & interment will be at Memory Gardens in Fort Morgan on Monday, May 21, 2018, at 10:30 AM. Visitation will be at the Heer Mortuary Chapel in Fort Morgan on Sunday from 2 – 4 PM. The Heer Mortuary is entrusted with the funeral arrangements. Friends who wish may make memorial gifts to Calvary Baptist Church or to the Fort Morgan Elks Lodge.