Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blatchford, Aimee Meachen, 1959 

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Rites Today For Mrs. Blatchford 

  Funeral services tor Mrs. Aimee Meachen Blatchford, of Windsor, a native of 
North Dakota, were conducted today at 4 p.m. at the Woodland Methodist Church 
by the Rev. Gordon F. Krepps, pastor, the Rev. Otis L. Gilliam of Smithfield, 
retired minister, and the Windsor Christian Church. [sic] Burial was in the 
church cemetery. 

  Mrs. Blatchford, 78, died Sunday at 3:05 a.m. at the Obici Memorial Hospital 
after a short illness. 

  She was the daughter of Edward Willis Meachen and Rhoda Alice Stubbs Meachen 
of North Dakota.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Blatchford 
Raveling, Windsor; one son, Robert A. Blatchford, Claymont, Del.; nine 
grandchildren; two brothers, Harold W. Meachen, Van Nuys, Calif., and Leonard 
Meachen, Terminal Island, Calif.; and one sister, Mrs. R.W. Hill, Stanhope, 
Iowa. 

  She was a member of the Woodland Methodist Church and had taught in the 
public schools of North Dakota tor 30 years.  After moving to Virginia she 
taught in the Windsor public school system from 1946 to 1952.  During that 
time she was senior class adviser. 


Aimee (MEACHEN; Mrs. Hiram Addison) BLATCHFORD, retired teacher, 
b. 21 Mar 1881, Michigan City, IN, d. 21 Jun 1959, Suffolk, 
interred in Woodland Methodist Church Cemetery*, 22 Jun 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 147, Mon., June 22, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #24: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #106034592. 

D.Cert. 15860 (Chuckatuck #169) 

Her parents are buried in Ellendale City Cemetery, Ellendale, Dickey Co., ND. 

Her husband was b. 1 Feb 1878 in Ontario, Canada.  He immigrated to Detroit, 
   MI, Sep 1883, and sought to become a US citizen by renouncing his 
   allegiance to Queen Victoria, 16 Jun 1899 in ND.  He served as Postmaster 
   of Berlin, La Moure Co., ND 1906-10.  He later was a farmer, and shot 
   himself 16 Apr 1925.  His gravestone mistakenly shows b. 1 Feb 1876. 


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