STRUM, Blanche

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Published Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - Blanche Strum, longtime Superior, Wis. resident passed away in Lake Havasu City, on May 29, 2012. Blanche was a resident of Lake Hills Inn for four years. Blanche was born May 16, 1916 in Superior, Wis. to Asa and Alma Rathbun. She was a member of the First Methodist Church in East End. Blanche married Ernest A. Strum in 1938. Blanche was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest, in 1979; and her half-brother, Tad, in California. Blanche is survived by her son, Ernest (Virginia), of Nekoosa, Wis.; daughter, Nancy Drown, of Mesquite, Nev.; brother, Glenn Rathbun, of Duluth, Minn.; and four grandchildren, Jeff and Larry Strum, and Dan and Steve Drown; and one great-grandson, David Drown. A graveside service will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Superior, Wis. Thoughts and condolences can be sent to Blanche’s family at www.lietz-frazefuneralhome.com. Arrangements were placed under the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home & Crematory.