Blanche I. BURNS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Washington, Eau Clare Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Seymour, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin

Notes:

Name:
Blanche Brice

Blanche I. Brice, 93, of St. John's Apartments, Eau Claire went to be with her Lord on Thursday, July 15, 1999, at Sacred Heart Hospital.
Blanche was born May 4, 1906, the daughter of Carl and Amelia (Preston) Burns in Mondovi, WI. She married Hugh W. Brice on October 12, 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

She was an active member of First Baptist Church in Eau Claire for over 50 years. Blanche was a homemaker and she worked at SM Supply after her husband's death and until her retirement.

Blanche was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Hugh; two sisters, Gladys Baker and Charlotte Berg and an infant brother, Orrin. Blanche is survived by her daughter, Beverly Peterson of Eau Claire, five grandchildren, Judith (Harold) Ritter of Chippewa Falls, James (Nancy) Peterson of Chippewa Falls, Allan Peterson of Eau Claire, Daniel (Dianna) Peterson of Chippewa Falls, Debra (Troy) Koteras of Chippewa Falls, eight great-grandchildren, Heather and Robert Ritter, Elizabeth Peterson, Christopher Peterson, Brice and Shawn Peterson, Benjamin and Keah Koteras; and many other relatives and friends.

Blanche was a loving and wonderful Christian, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and friend to many. She loved her family, taking care of and arranging flowers, crocheting, baking cookies, visiting with her friends at St. Johns, picnics, boating and being active right up to shortly before her death. We will all miss you grandma-ma!

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, 1999 at First Baptist Church in Eau Claire with Pastor Richard Goins and Pastor Marilyn Marston officiating. Burial will be at Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. Monday at Fuller-Speckien Funeral Home in Eau Claire and an hour before the services on Tuesday at the church. Memorials will be given to First Baptist Church in Eau Claire.

Blanche married Hugh W. BRICE on 21 Oct 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Hugh (son of George W. BRICE and Agnes May FAULDS) was born on 19 Nov 1900 in Clear Creek, Eau Clare Co., Wisconsin; died in Sep 1953 in Wisconsin; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Beverly I. BRICE was born on 10 Jun 1926 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin; died on 15 Aug 2013 in Grace Willowbrook, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin.