OBIT: Mary L. (TAYLOR) BLACKBURN LaBRANCHE, 1981, formerly of Blair County, PA

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MARY L. LaBRANCHE [photo]
Former City Woman Dies

  Mary Louise LaBranche, 68, of 535 74th Ave., N., St. Petersburg, 
Fla., formerly of 3803 Burgoon Road, died at 5:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, 
1981, in St. Petersburg General Hospital.
  Mrs. LaBranche was one of the first school guards in the city and was 
the first guard at Baker School.
  She was born July 19, 1912, in South Fork, the daughter of Frank and 
Mary Taylor, and was raised by foster parents, Clark and Helen Lydic, 
and was twice married, first to Albert A. Blackburn, who died Oct. 17, 
1963, then to Joseph Raymond LaBranche.
  Surviving are her husband, two children, Mrs. Judy Birely of York and 
Dennis A. Blackburn of Friendswoods, Houston, Texas; three 
stepchildren, Edward LaBranche of West Springfield, Mass., and Mrs. 
Barbara Bates and Mrs. Susan Reynolds of Hazardville, Conn.; four 
grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, 12 step-grandchildren, his 
foster mother of South Fork and a brother and sister, Helen of 
Washington, D.C., and Joseph Elnicky of Los Angeles, Calif. A brother, 
Andrew, died Jan. 19, 1981.
  Mrs. LaBranche was a member of St. James United Methodist Church, St. 
Petersburg. While is Altoona, she was a member of Simpson United 
Methodist Church, Blair County Women's Republican Club, Blair County 
Republican Committee and Heidelberg Country Club.
  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the 
Carn Funeral Home.

LaBRANCHE - Services for Mary Louise (Blackburn) LaBranche, formerly of 
3803 Burgoon Road, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Carn Funeral 
Home. Interment in Alto-Reste Park. Friends will be received from 2 to 
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Carn Funeral Home.

Altoona Mirror, January 21, 1981