Ethel Gertrude (Richards) Blend

BLEND, RICHARDS

Posted By: Ann Bowler (email)
Date: 10/30/2011 at 08:11:55

From the “Des Moines Tribune”, 14 Mar 1975.
“Mrs. Ethel R. Blend”
“Services for Mrs. Ethel R. Blend, 82, of Riverview Manor Convalescent and Nursing Home, 701 Riverview St., will be at 1 P. M. Saturday at Westover Funeral home, with burial in Masonic Cemetery.
Mrs. Blend died of arteriosclerosis Wednesday at the nursing home after a five-year illness.
A lifelong resident of Des Moines, she was a retired secretary and a member of the Order of Eastern Star and Westminster United Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include a son, James F., of Des Moines, three grandchildren and a great grandchild.”

Ethel Gertrude (Richards) Blend was born on January 19, 1893 in Des Moines to Charles James Richards and Eva Elstin Bailey, and departed this life on March 13, 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa. She married Frederick Brackett Blend, son of Charles Frederick Blend and Ruth Simpson Wilson, on August 16, 1919 in Des Moines.