Tarrant County - Obituaries - Estella (Stella) Nadine Casstevens Blissard

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Mansfield News Mirror
July 1986


Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Blissard, 86, of
Mansfield, who died in the local nursing home, at 9:30
a.m., Saturday, July 12, 1986, were held at 11 a.m.,
Monday, July 14, in the Blessing-McInnis Chapel,
Reverend Sam Rowlett of Central Baptist Church,
Mansfield officiated.  Interment was in Mansfield
Cemetery.

Pallbearers:  Buzz Perry, Ira Gibson, H. E. Baxter, T.
G. Ackerman, Hubert Beard and Bobby Looney.

Mrs. Blissard was born March 15, 1900, in Mansfield,
the daughter of George Washington and Orlena Laura
Ellen Guest Casstevens.  She married Elbert (Doc)
Blissard, April 3, 1921, in Mansfield.  She was a
member of the First United Methodist Church of
Mansfield, Eastern Star Chapter #876, and operated dry
cleaners along with her husband and late son.  

She was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert (Doc)
Blissard, Sept. 22, 1953, infant son, Roy Eugene
Blissard, Aug. 26, 1925, and Harry D. Blissard, Aug.
1, 1968.

Survivors include one daughter, Evelyn Jane Lancaster
of Mansfield; daughter-in-law, Imogene Lambert of
Arlington; three grandchildren, Randy Wayne Blissard
of Duncanville; Lezlie B. Lewis of Arlington; and Liz
Yates of San Antonio; seven great grandchildren; and
one sister, Alta Lawing of Fort Worth.