ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: BLANCHARD, DIANE MARIE STODDARD Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La. Posted: Friday, February 15, 2013 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== BLANCHARD ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/sttammany/obits/dateobits/2013/st1302.htm and click to view list of photos. ========== Diane Marie Stoddard Blanchard, 61, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Survivors include her former husband and his wife, Robert E. and Rebecca Michel Blanchard; daughters and sons-in-law, S. Michele Blanchard and Jake Airey, Jennifer Lynn Blanchard and Mike Kegal, and Christina Blanchard and Brian Lowrance; Debra and Gary Rasmussen; partner in life, William “Bill” Slater, and his children, Kerry and Hugh Doig, Kelly Slater and Kory Slater; grandchildren, Kaylynn, Ashton, Belle, Jackson, Amber, Dylan, Casey, Brenden, Eli, Isaiah, Deana and Jasimine, and numerous friends. She was predeceased by her mother, Bernice Marie Rose Tobeck; husband, James Edward Roehl, and sister, Denise Jean Stoddard. She overcame serious injuries to her legs as a 10-year-old hit by a car, and family and friends remember her for strength, kindness, lack of complaining and the will to live. She was a University of Minnesota graduate who split her time during the year living in Burnsville, Minnesota, and Slidell. The family gives a special thanks to Faith Airey, nurse Marti, the other healthcare providers at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Minnesota and Bill, Kory and Kerry for taking such good care of her during her illness. ===================