La Jolla Long time La Jolla resident, Janet Blankenship, died of natural causes at age 93.
Janet was born in Washington, D.C., the eldest of three daughters. The family moved to La Jolla in 1934 and Janet graduated La Jolla High School, class of 1940. She studied fashion design in Los Angeles after graduation, and then during WWII, she worked at Convair, first as a seamstress, then in the typing pool.
She married her high school sweetheart, Francis S. Blankenship in 1945 and continued to use her seamstress and design skills to help put Fran through San Diego State College.
Her many interests included tennis, art and music, community service, flower arranging, the Padres, and gardening, including serving two terms as La Jolla Garden Club President. As her eyesight failed, she became active at the San Diego Center for the Blind, first as a student and later as a volunteer.
She is survived by three daughters, Susan Blankenship and JoAnn Nevils, of Durango Colorado, and Jan Blankenship of La Jolla; two grandchildren, Bucky and Janette Nevils; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to San Diego Center for the Blind or charity of choice.
Published in La Jolla Light on June 30, 2016
Janet was born in Washington, D.C., the eldest of three daughters. The family moved to La Jolla in 1934 and Janet graduated La Jolla High School, class of 1940. She studied fashion design in Los Angeles after graduation, and then during WWII, she worked at Convair, first as a seamstress, then in the typing pool.
She married her high school sweetheart, Francis S. Blankenship in 1945 and continued to use her seamstress and design skills to help put Fran through San Diego State College.
Her many interests included tennis, art and music, community service, flower arranging, the Padres, and gardening, including serving two terms as La Jolla Garden Club President. As her eyesight failed, she became active at the San Diego Center for the Blind, first as a student and later as a volunteer.
She is survived by three daughters, Susan Blankenship and JoAnn Nevils, of Durango Colorado, and Jan Blankenship of La Jolla; two grandchildren, Bucky and Janette Nevils; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to San Diego Center for the Blind or charity of choice.
Published in La Jolla Light on June 30, 2016
La Jolla Long time La Jolla resident, Janet Blankenship, died of natural causes at age 93.
Janet was born in Washington, D.C., the eldest of three daughters. The family moved to La Jolla in 1934 and Janet graduated La Jolla High School, class of 1940. She studied fashion design in Los Angeles after graduation, and then during WWII, she worked at Convair, first as a seamstress, then in the typing pool.
She married her high school sweetheart, Francis S. Blankenship in 1945 and continued to use her seamstress and design skills to help put Fran through San Diego State College.
Her many interests included tennis, art and music, community service, flower arranging, the Padres, and gardening, including serving two terms as La Jolla Garden Club President. As her eyesight failed, she became active at the San Diego Center for the Blind, first as a student and later as a volunteer.
She is survived by three daughters, Susan Blankenship and JoAnn Nevils, of Durango Colorado, and Jan Blankenship of La Jolla; two grandchildren, Bucky and Janette Nevils; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to San Diego Center for the Blind or charity of choice.
Published in La Jolla Light on June 30, 2016
Janet was born in Washington, D.C., the eldest of three daughters. The family moved to La Jolla in 1934 and Janet graduated La Jolla High School, class of 1940. She studied fashion design in Los Angeles after graduation, and then during WWII, she worked at Convair, first as a seamstress, then in the typing pool.
She married her high school sweetheart, Francis S. Blankenship in 1945 and continued to use her seamstress and design skills to help put Fran through San Diego State College.
Her many interests included tennis, art and music, community service, flower arranging, the Padres, and gardening, including serving two terms as La Jolla Garden Club President. As her eyesight failed, she became active at the San Diego Center for the Blind, first as a student and later as a volunteer.
She is survived by three daughters, Susan Blankenship and JoAnn Nevils, of Durango Colorado, and Jan Blankenship of La Jolla; two grandchildren, Bucky and Janette Nevils; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to San Diego Center for the Blind or charity of choice.
Published in La Jolla Light on June 30, 2016
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
See more Blankenship or Brandstedt memorials in:
- El Camino Memorial Park Blankenship or Brandstedt
- San Diego Blankenship or Brandstedt
- San Diego County Blankenship or Brandstedt
- California Blankenship or Brandstedt
- USA Blankenship or Brandstedt
- Find a Grave Blankenship or Brandstedt
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
