Blanche LaVerne (Simons) Blair |
| Posted 2009-04-11 by Maurine |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona April 17, 1996 Blanche LaVerne Blair of Wickenburg died April 10 in the Wickenburg Nursing Home. She was 89. Mrs. Blair was born Aug. 2, 1906 in Tangent, Ore. She had lived in Arizona for the past 50 years. Mrs. Blair was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Wickenburg. She was employed in the past by Brayton’s Commercial Store in Wickenburg, Bryant’s Variety Store in Wickenburg and Poncho’s Store in Wickenburg. In her early years before she moved to Wickenburg, she worked for the May Co. in California. Mrs. Blair is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Dewey Dawson of Wickenburg; brother Delvan C. Simons of Redmond, Ore.; grandchildren Cathleen Ledford of Willcox, and Dan and Joe Franklin, both of Congress; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by a grandson, John Franklin in 1989. Private graveside services were Saturday, April 13 at the Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery. Dewey Dawson officiated. Memorial contributions in Mrs. Blair name may be made to the Wickenburg Nursing Home, 520 Rose Lane, Wickenburg, 85390. All arrangements were handled by Brown's Wickenburg Funeral Home. See Also: Find A Grave |
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