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Earnest Leroy “Jack” Blanchard

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Earnest Leroy “Jack” Blanchard

Birth
El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
20 Mar 2005 (aged 83)
Burial
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.19439, Longitude: -101.75887
Plot
Last Supper Blk Q Lot 7 Space 1
Memorial ID
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Earnest L. "Jack" Blanchard, 83, of Amarillo died Sunday, March 20, 2005.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in South Lawn Baptist Church with the Rev. Greg Kinch of the church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.

Mr. Blanchard was born Dec. 17, 1921, to Mary (Bartlett) and Ernest J. Blanchard in El Reno, Okla. He married Rowena Kreger on Dec. 30, 1940, in El Reno. They were married until she passed away on July 18, 1986. He later married Grace Nielsen on Dec. 4, 1986, in Amarillo. He served his country in the Navy aboard the USS Richmond and the USS Mayo. He drove for Greyhound Bus Lines for 26 years. He was a member of VFW and American Legion, and he was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; three sisters; a stepsister; and a son, Amos Bill Blanchard.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Donald Blanchard and wife, Linda, of Arlington; a daughter, Barbara Jean Wood and husband, Doug, of Amarillo; seven grandchildren, Steven and Brian Wood, Carrie King, Marc, Scott, and Alan Blanchard, and Tammie Gibson; six great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials be to American Diabetes Association, Memorial Program, P.O. Box 1132, Fairfax, VA 22038; or to South Lawn Baptist Church, 4306 S. Washington St., Amarillo, TX 79110.

(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, March 22, 2005)
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Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Earnest L Blanchard
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1919
Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1940
Marriage Place: Canadian, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Rowena F Kreger
Film Number: 002314201

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Earnest Leroy Blanchard
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 24
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: El Reno, Oklahoma, USA
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1921
Residence Place: El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 20 Feb 1946
Employer: Unemployed
Weight: 190
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Lacy Kreger

Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Earnest L Blanchard
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1921
Marriage Date: 4 Dec 1986
Marriage Place: Potter, Texas, USA
Spouse: Grace R Dehn
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 61

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Earnest L. Blanchard
Last Residence:
79106 Amarillo, Potter, Texas
BORN: 17 Dec 1921
Died: 20 Mar 2005

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Earnest Leroy Blanchard
[Earnest L Blanchard]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1921
Birth Place: Elrend Canad, Oklahoma
Death Date: 20 Mar 2005
Father: Earnest J Blanchard
Mother: Mary A Bartlett
Notes: Feb 1946: Name listed as EARNEST LEROY BLANCHARD; 24 Mar 2005: Name listed as EARNEST L BLANCHARD
Earnest L. "Jack" Blanchard, 83, of Amarillo died Sunday, March 20, 2005.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in South Lawn Baptist Church with the Rev. Greg Kinch of the church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.

Mr. Blanchard was born Dec. 17, 1921, to Mary (Bartlett) and Ernest J. Blanchard in El Reno, Okla. He married Rowena Kreger on Dec. 30, 1940, in El Reno. They were married until she passed away on July 18, 1986. He later married Grace Nielsen on Dec. 4, 1986, in Amarillo. He served his country in the Navy aboard the USS Richmond and the USS Mayo. He drove for Greyhound Bus Lines for 26 years. He was a member of VFW and American Legion, and he was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; three sisters; a stepsister; and a son, Amos Bill Blanchard.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Donald Blanchard and wife, Linda, of Arlington; a daughter, Barbara Jean Wood and husband, Doug, of Amarillo; seven grandchildren, Steven and Brian Wood, Carrie King, Marc, Scott, and Alan Blanchard, and Tammie Gibson; six great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials be to American Diabetes Association, Memorial Program, P.O. Box 1132, Fairfax, VA 22038; or to South Lawn Baptist Church, 4306 S. Washington St., Amarillo, TX 79110.

(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, March 22, 2005)
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Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Earnest L Blanchard
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1919
Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1940
Marriage Place: Canadian, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Rowena F Kreger
Film Number: 002314201

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Earnest Leroy Blanchard
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 24
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: El Reno, Oklahoma, USA
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1921
Residence Place: El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 20 Feb 1946
Employer: Unemployed
Weight: 190
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Lacy Kreger

Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Earnest L Blanchard
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1921
Marriage Date: 4 Dec 1986
Marriage Place: Potter, Texas, USA
Spouse: Grace R Dehn
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 61

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Earnest L. Blanchard
Last Residence:
79106 Amarillo, Potter, Texas
BORN: 17 Dec 1921
Died: 20 Mar 2005

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Earnest Leroy Blanchard
[Earnest L Blanchard]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1921
Birth Place: Elrend Canad, Oklahoma
Death Date: 20 Mar 2005
Father: Earnest J Blanchard
Mother: Mary A Bartlett
Notes: Feb 1946: Name listed as EARNEST LEROY BLANCHARD; 24 Mar 2005: Name listed as EARNEST L BLANCHARD


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