Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Blanchard, Marvin 1972
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Ionia Sentinel Standard
BLANCHARD, MARVIN:
     IONIA SENTINEL-STANDARD, MI, Thursday, February 10, 1972, page 2:  "DEATHS
- MARVIN BLANCHARD - MUIR - Marvin Blanchard, 76, of rural Muir, died Thursday
morning at Ionia County Memorial hospital following an extended illness.
   Born in Osceola county January 6, 1896, he was the son of Irvin and Isadora
Blanchard.  He attended Central Michigan university, Mt. Pleasant, received his
BS degree at Michigan State university at East Lansing and MA degree at
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
   June 29, 1929, he married Lucy O'Bierne at rural Muir.  He was superintendent
of schools at Hubbardston from 1924 to 1928 and superintendent at Edwardsburg
from 1929 until 1955.  He was then a classroom teacher of vocational agriculture
at Lapeer from 1955 until his retirement in 1961 after which he did limited
farming at the rural Muir farm home.
   He belonged to the Michigan Educational association, National Education
association and the Michigan Association of School Administrators.  A life
member of St Peters lodge, 106 F&AM at Edwardsburg, charter member of the
Edwardsburg Lions club and member of First United Methodist church of Ionia.
   Surviving besides his wife, Lucy, are two sons, Willard of Vienna, Va., and
Burton of Downers Grove, Ill., six grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Milton Raab of
Reed City and brother, Max Blanchard of Hersey.
   Mr. Blanchard will be at Shaw-Rivett-Hull funeral home in Muir until 9:30 am
Saturday when he will be taken to First United Methodist church in Ionia for
funeral services at 11 am.  Rev. Charles Fullmer will officiate.
   Graveside services will be at Edwardsburg cemetery at 4 pm.
   A memorial has been established for First United Methodist church in Ionia."

   IONIA SENTINEL-STANDARD, MI, Monday, February 14, 1972, p. 2:  "DEATHS -
MARVIN BLANCHARD - Rev Charles Fullmer officiated at funeral services at First
Methodist church Saturday at 11 am for Marvin Blanchard, who died Thursday. 
Organist was Mrs Charles Fullmer.
   Bearers were Ralph Ganger, Henry Nelson, James Jessop, Viggo Nielson, Dr.
Arthur Larson and Stanley Schafer.
   Committal services were 4 pm at Edwardsburg cemetery with Rev William
Amundson of Edwardsburg Methodist church officiating.
   Family was served a lunch at the Ionia church at noon and a light luncheon
following graveside services at the Edwardsburg church."


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