On a homestead near Plum Creek, Weston County, WY, Blanche was the first of 6 children born to Silvio Giovanni Casari and Genoveffa Catarina Wegher. Both her parents and their siblings had emigrated from Val di Non, Tirol, Austria. Blanche's twin sister died at childbirth.
Crisis struck the Casari family when Blanche's father died from an accident with a horse when she was 8 years old. Her mother would remarry two years later but it was not the same.
At 17, Blanche married Dominic Vanni, an Italian 6 years her senior, in Newcastle, WY. By the time of the birth of their child, Adelaide, in the same year, Dominic had absconded from the marriage.
The next 4 years were most challenging until she met and married Joe Corazza, a Tirolese, in 1919. Joe proudly accepted and loved Adelaide as his own child. Then, Blanche and Joe were blessed with the birth of Josephine--"Dolly"--in 1920.
In 1928, the Corazzas left Cambria for new employment and life in Superior, WY. Blanche's marriage and family life was blessed with happiness and merriment until Joe died in 1945. Widowed in middle age without a pension or compensation, Blanche again faced difficult times. She washed people's clothes and cleaned the movie theater for a livelihood with support from Dolly who was by then working for the state of Wyoming in Cheyenne.
Four years would pass when she met and married Cletis Beaver. In the mid-1950's, the Beavers moved from Superior to Laramie, WY for new employment. This marriage became also blessed with much happiness, ended only by Blanche's death nearly 45 years later.
Blanche was an optimist, finding humor and joy in life. She affirmed everyone with dignity and nonjudgmental love. She had no enemies. She modeled a life of fulfillment absent materiality and that was her monumental legacy.
Blanche's grandchildren and animals were her passion. I think St. Francis was upstaged by her. Dogs, cats, a rabbit named George, and a parakeet named Benny. The rabbit was house-trained with the aid of a "doggie-door" and the bird was resuscitated one time by Blanche massaging his breast with her finger after he had fallen off his perch.
Finally, Blanche's lemon meringue pie was legendary--made without corn starch.
Crisis struck the Casari family when Blanche's father died from an accident with a horse when she was 8 years old. Her mother would remarry two years later but it was not the same.
At 17, Blanche married Dominic Vanni, an Italian 6 years her senior, in Newcastle, WY. By the time of the birth of their child, Adelaide, in the same year, Dominic had absconded from the marriage.
The next 4 years were most challenging until she met and married Joe Corazza, a Tirolese, in 1919. Joe proudly accepted and loved Adelaide as his own child. Then, Blanche and Joe were blessed with the birth of Josephine--"Dolly"--in 1920.
In 1928, the Corazzas left Cambria for new employment and life in Superior, WY. Blanche's marriage and family life was blessed with happiness and merriment until Joe died in 1945. Widowed in middle age without a pension or compensation, Blanche again faced difficult times. She washed people's clothes and cleaned the movie theater for a livelihood with support from Dolly who was by then working for the state of Wyoming in Cheyenne.
Four years would pass when she met and married Cletis Beaver. In the mid-1950's, the Beavers moved from Superior to Laramie, WY for new employment. This marriage became also blessed with much happiness, ended only by Blanche's death nearly 45 years later.
Blanche was an optimist, finding humor and joy in life. She affirmed everyone with dignity and nonjudgmental love. She had no enemies. She modeled a life of fulfillment absent materiality and that was her monumental legacy.
Blanche's grandchildren and animals were her passion. I think St. Francis was upstaged by her. Dogs, cats, a rabbit named George, and a parakeet named Benny. The rabbit was house-trained with the aid of a "doggie-door" and the bird was resuscitated one time by Blanche massaging his breast with her finger after he had fallen off his perch.
Finally, Blanche's lemon meringue pie was legendary--made without corn starch.
On a homestead near Plum Creek, Weston County, WY, Blanche was the first of 6 children born to Silvio Giovanni Casari and Genoveffa Catarina Wegher. Both her parents and their siblings had emigrated from Val di Non, Tirol, Austria. Blanche's twin sister died at childbirth.
Crisis struck the Casari family when Blanche's father died from an accident with a horse when she was 8 years old. Her mother would remarry two years later but it was not the same.
At 17, Blanche married Dominic Vanni, an Italian 6 years her senior, in Newcastle, WY. By the time of the birth of their child, Adelaide, in the same year, Dominic had absconded from the marriage.
The next 4 years were most challenging until she met and married Joe Corazza, a Tirolese, in 1919. Joe proudly accepted and loved Adelaide as his own child. Then, Blanche and Joe were blessed with the birth of Josephine--"Dolly"--in 1920.
In 1928, the Corazzas left Cambria for new employment and life in Superior, WY. Blanche's marriage and family life was blessed with happiness and merriment until Joe died in 1945. Widowed in middle age without a pension or compensation, Blanche again faced difficult times. She washed people's clothes and cleaned the movie theater for a livelihood with support from Dolly who was by then working for the state of Wyoming in Cheyenne.
Four years would pass when she met and married Cletis Beaver. In the mid-1950's, the Beavers moved from Superior to Laramie, WY for new employment. This marriage became also blessed with much happiness, ended only by Blanche's death nearly 45 years later.
Blanche was an optimist, finding humor and joy in life. She affirmed everyone with dignity and nonjudgmental love. She had no enemies. She modeled a life of fulfillment absent materiality and that was her monumental legacy.
Blanche's grandchildren and animals were her passion. I think St. Francis was upstaged by her. Dogs, cats, a rabbit named George, and a parakeet named Benny. The rabbit was house-trained with the aid of a "doggie-door" and the bird was resuscitated one time by Blanche massaging his breast with her finger after he had fallen off his perch.
Finally, Blanche's lemon meringue pie was legendary--made without corn starch.
Crisis struck the Casari family when Blanche's father died from an accident with a horse when she was 8 years old. Her mother would remarry two years later but it was not the same.
At 17, Blanche married Dominic Vanni, an Italian 6 years her senior, in Newcastle, WY. By the time of the birth of their child, Adelaide, in the same year, Dominic had absconded from the marriage.
The next 4 years were most challenging until she met and married Joe Corazza, a Tirolese, in 1919. Joe proudly accepted and loved Adelaide as his own child. Then, Blanche and Joe were blessed with the birth of Josephine--"Dolly"--in 1920.
In 1928, the Corazzas left Cambria for new employment and life in Superior, WY. Blanche's marriage and family life was blessed with happiness and merriment until Joe died in 1945. Widowed in middle age without a pension or compensation, Blanche again faced difficult times. She washed people's clothes and cleaned the movie theater for a livelihood with support from Dolly who was by then working for the state of Wyoming in Cheyenne.
Four years would pass when she met and married Cletis Beaver. In the mid-1950's, the Beavers moved from Superior to Laramie, WY for new employment. This marriage became also blessed with much happiness, ended only by Blanche's death nearly 45 years later.
Blanche was an optimist, finding humor and joy in life. She affirmed everyone with dignity and nonjudgmental love. She had no enemies. She modeled a life of fulfillment absent materiality and that was her monumental legacy.
Blanche's grandchildren and animals were her passion. I think St. Francis was upstaged by her. Dogs, cats, a rabbit named George, and a parakeet named Benny. The rabbit was house-trained with the aid of a "doggie-door" and the bird was resuscitated one time by Blanche massaging his breast with her finger after he had fallen off his perch.
Finally, Blanche's lemon meringue pie was legendary--made without corn starch.
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