Randi, the daughter of of Robert A. and Shirley J. (Maniatis) Blanchard, was a 2000 graduate of Laconia New Hampshire High School and a 2004 graduate of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she earned a degree in Medical Labratory/Science. She had joined the Army during high school and reported for duty on July 6, 2000. She met her husband, Timothy Miller while they were both stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and they both served together in Korea. They married five years ago and they had a daughter in 2007. Randi served a tour of duty in Iraq in 2006 and was currently stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, working at Madigan Army Medical Center. Randi was a scuba diver and an excellent photographer, taking very professional-like pictures. She liked to crochet, listen to rock music and hanging out with friends and family. Randi was a devoted wife and mother. She is survived by her infant daughter, Kassidy, of Tacoma, Washington; her father, Robert Blanchard, and his companion, Janet, of Laconia, NH; her mother, Shirley Blanchard, and her companion, Don, of Lowell, Mass.; her paternal grandfather, Clarence E. Blanchard, Sr., of Hope Sound, Florida and several aunts, uncles and cousins. She was predeceased by her paternal grandmother, Mildred Blanchard and by her maternal grandparents, Shirley and Arthur Maniatis, Sr. Tim and Randi were victims of a homicide.
Randi, the daughter of of Robert A. and Shirley J. (Maniatis) Blanchard, was a 2000 graduate of Laconia New Hampshire High School and a 2004 graduate of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she earned a degree in Medical Labratory/Science. She had joined the Army during high school and reported for duty on July 6, 2000. She met her husband, Timothy Miller while they were both stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and they both served together in Korea. They married five years ago and they had a daughter in 2007. Randi served a tour of duty in Iraq in 2006 and was currently stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, working at Madigan Army Medical Center. Randi was a scuba diver and an excellent photographer, taking very professional-like pictures. She liked to crochet, listen to rock music and hanging out with friends and family. Randi was a devoted wife and mother. She is survived by her infant daughter, Kassidy, of Tacoma, Washington; her father, Robert Blanchard, and his companion, Janet, of Laconia, NH; her mother, Shirley Blanchard, and her companion, Don, of Lowell, Mass.; her paternal grandfather, Clarence E. Blanchard, Sr., of Hope Sound, Florida and several aunts, uncles and cousins. She was predeceased by her paternal grandmother, Mildred Blanchard and by her maternal grandparents, Shirley and Arthur Maniatis, Sr. Tim and Randi were victims of a homicide.
