from the February 19, 1997 issue of The Country Chronicle
Lebanon, NH–Helen Irene Blanchard, 79, died at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon on Friday, February 7, 1997. The daughter of Leon & Lula (Taft) Hackett, she was born on April 28, 1917 in Springfield, VT. Mrs. Banchard was an Upper Valley resident all of her life and was a graduate of Springfield High School. In 1941 she was married to Herman Blanchard, Mr. Blanchard died in 1956. For 29 years she was employed as a Nursing Associate at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover retiring in 1982. She was a caregiver her all of her adult life. She was a member of the West Lebanon Congregational Church; The Meriden Grange; The Kings Daughters; and was a volunteer for the hospice of the Upper Valley after retiring in 1982.
Friends called at the Ricker Funeral Home on Sunday afternoon from 3-4 p.m. and Sunday evening from 7-9 p.m. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. at the First Congregational Church in West Lebanon. Burial will be in the spring in the Moulton Cemetery in Meriden. Memorial contributions may be made to: Hospice of the Upper Valley, Mt. Support Rd, Lebanon, NH 03766 or to The West Lebanon Congregational Church, Maple St, W. Lebanon, NH 03784.
Survivors include: a son, George Blanchard of Lebanon; a daughter, Sue Ann Gallant of Salina, KS; a daughter, a daughter, Mary Lou Hannah of Lebanon; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, several cousins.
The Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon was in charge of arrangements.