Frederick "Butch" Blankshine

Frederick “Butch” Blankshine

Mr. Frederick W Blankshine, 82, husband of Carol Cuomo Blankshine, passed peacefully on Friday, September 11, 2026.

Born in Flushing, NY, the son of the late Fredrick William Blankshine and the late Marjorie Schott Blankshine. Fred was a graduate of VS Central High School and retired from Peepels Mechanical Corp in 2011, where he was the lead project engineer. His memories of work remained with him until the end, but his greatest love was for his family, whom he adored.

Fred “Butch” will be missed by all that knew and loved him. Surviving, in addition to his wife of sixty-two years, are his son Scott Blankshine (Miles Dallas) of New York City, NY; his daughter, Nancy Blankshine of Oceanside, NY; In addition to his parents, he was pre-deceased by his only sister Barbara Blankshine Peter and her husband Frank Peter of Sayville, NY.

He was a real outdoorsman with a love of fishing and boating. His dream of living on the water came true when Butch, Carol, & the Sonny T (the other love of his life, his boat) moved to Massapequa. He also loved building model boats, watching sports & car racing, as well as country music.

Memorial Visitation will be held from 2-5pm on Thursday, September 17th, 2026 at the Charles G. Schmitt funeral home in Seaford, NY.

In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes donations in his memory to the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund at donate@curealz.org