STRAND, MRS. BLANCHE,
DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2003 AT HER HOME IN DEER LODGE. SHE HAD REACHED THE AGE OF 100 ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2003. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, EDWARD AND DORA VANNORSTRAM LYONS; HER HUSBAND, ALFRED GERHART STRAND; DAUGHTERS: ELLA MAE AND LEILA; SON, EARL A.; AND SPECIAL NIECE, LINDA GOUGH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTERS: EDITH DAVIDSON OF CLINTON, EVAUGHN JONES OF DEER LODGE, AND EVA TURNER OF LANCING. ONE SON, CONRAD STRAND. SHE ALSO LEAVES A SISTER, MABLE SPURLING OF DEER LODGE. THIRTY-FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHTY-FIVE GREAT, GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY-SEVEN GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. AT SCHUBERT FUNERAL HOME IN SUNBRIGHT. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL FOLLOW AT 8:00 P.M. WITH BRO. PAT MCGEE OFFICIATING. A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, AT 11:00 A.M. IN THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY, DEER LODGE.
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