Dorothea Alice Blackburn, 88, Wabash, died at 4 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 at Miller;s Merry Manor East in Wabash. She was born Jan. 2, 1928 in Wabash, to Cecil and Mercy (Watson) Martin. Dorothea graduated from Chippewa High School. She married Robert L. Blackburn in Wabash Aug. 17, 1947; he died May 23, 2016. …read more.