William James Blanchard (1936)
BLANCHARD, WHEELER, ZYBARTH
Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 5/7/2007 at 19:53:16
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 30, 1936William James Blanchard
William James Blanchard, son of Orange and Elizabeth Blanchard was born in Madison county, Iowa, April 27, 1873 and departed this life, Monday April 20, in the Winterset hospital after an eight day illness of pneumonia. He had attained the age of sixty-two years, eleven months and twenty-three days.
He spent his entire life in Madison county, receiving his education here and then farming until the time of his last illness and death.
Mr. Blanchard was a quiet man, retiring, seeking no place of notoriety, charitable, attending to his own business and helping others when opportunity offered. He believed in Christianity and avowed there is a God.
He is preceded to the other world by his father and mother, one sister, and two brothers. One brother, Robert L. Blanchard, was killed in an auto accident three weeks ago near Creston.
He leaves to mourn his loss, three brothers, B. F. Blanchard, Fred Blanchard of near Creston, Herman Blanchard of Osceola, and two sisters, Anna Zybarth of Creston, Sadie Wheeler of Riverside, California and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
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