Sylvia (Murphy) Blanchard
May 13, 1880-April 3, 1947
Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 4, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Blanchard Succumbs
Mrs. V.J. Blanchard, 66, passed away on April 3 at her home in Berrien township after an extended illness.
Born on May 13, 1880, near Berrien Center, she was the former Sylvia Murphy. She was married to Virgil J. Blanchard on Sept. 17, 1902.
She leaves her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Trattles, and Mrs. Mary Miller, Niles; two grand children; a brother, H.C. Murphy, Indianapolis, Ind., and two sisters, Mrs. Ada Peterson and Mrs. Alice Miller, Berrien Center.
Services will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the Bowerman funeral home at Eau Claire, with interment at Silverbrook cemetery. The body will lie in state in the funeral home until the hour of services.