Blanche Walder was born May 15, 1899, daughter of Henry Robert "Bob" Walder and Jessie Ross.
The 1910 U.S. Census lists the Walder family in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as follows: Robert H. Walder, head of household, age 43, born in Germany of German parents, occupation Electrician Light Company; (deceased wife was born in South Carolina); Otto C. Walder, son, age 15, born in Texas; Lena M. Walder, daughter, age 13, born in Texas; and Blanche J. Walder, daughter, age 10, born in Texas.
Blanche Walder married first about 1920 to Everett C. Patterson (1895-1941), son of William J. Patterson and his second wife Roxanna. Everett Patterson is half-sibling to the children of Mary Ann Hunt, first wife of W. J. Patterson.
1920 U.S. Census shows Everett Patterson, age 24, born in Oklahoma, and wife Blanche Walder Patterson, age 20, born in Texas, listed in Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Everett Patterson's occupation was laborer, coal mine. Everett C. Patterson was an electrician who worked in the coal mines; he died in 1941 of accidental electrocution.
Blanche Walder Patterson had one son, Billy Bob Patterson; he was born in 1921 and died in WW-II in 1943. Billy Bob was reported missing in action in 1943 in the European Theater of WW-II, and it was years later before his remains were recovered and brought to Hartshorne for burial.
In June 1949, Blanche Walder Patterson married a second time to William F. Hunt, a family friend whose wife Rhoda Sterling Hunt had died in 1947. The following newspaper article, published in the McAlester Democrat on December 26, 1947 and was also published in the Hartshorne Sun illustrates family ties and friendships:
"Hartshorne Women Hurt in Car Mishap. – Mrs. George Walshe, Mrs. Joe Ganner and Mrs. Anna Patterson were injured shortly after 1 o'clock Wednesday when the car in which they were riding overturned between Wilburton and Red Oak as they were en route to Wister to attend the funeral of an aunt, Mrs. Will Hunt.
"Mrs. Blanche Patterson was driving the car of Mrs. Anna Patterson. A blowout of a tire caused Mrs. Patterson to lose control of the car. Another passenger in the car was Marie Bayless of Tulsa, also enroute to the funeral.
"Mrs. Blanche Patterson and Miss Bayless went on to Wister to the funeral, but the other three women received first aid treatment in Wilburton and were sent to their homes in a Lapp ambulance.
"The three women are in their own homes. Mrs. Anna Patterson is the more seriously injured, as she was thrown from the car. She is bruised and cut about the face. Mrs. Walshe is shaken up and bruised and Mrs. Ganner is suffering from shock."
Blanche and Will Hunt lived in Wister until he retired from business because of illness. He and Blanche moved back to Hartshorne and lived there until his death January 14, 1958.
After the death of Will Hunt, Blanche lived in Hartshorne until her death November 12, 1984. Blanche Hunt is interred next to her first husband, Everett C. Patterson, and their son, Billy Bob Patterson, in the Walder family plot in Elmwood Cemetery. Also buried in the family plot are Blanche's parents, H. R. Bob Walder (1866-1955) and Jessie Ross Walder (1874-1904), her brother Otto Walder (1894-1956), and her sister, Lena Mae Walder Woodward (1896-1986), her sister's husband, Thomas Blanton Woodward (1899-1987), and their daughter.
The 1910 U.S. Census lists the Walder family in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as follows: Robert H. Walder, head of household, age 43, born in Germany of German parents, occupation Electrician Light Company; (deceased wife was born in South Carolina); Otto C. Walder, son, age 15, born in Texas; Lena M. Walder, daughter, age 13, born in Texas; and Blanche J. Walder, daughter, age 10, born in Texas.
Blanche Walder married first about 1920 to Everett C. Patterson (1895-1941), son of William J. Patterson and his second wife Roxanna. Everett Patterson is half-sibling to the children of Mary Ann Hunt, first wife of W. J. Patterson.
1920 U.S. Census shows Everett Patterson, age 24, born in Oklahoma, and wife Blanche Walder Patterson, age 20, born in Texas, listed in Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Everett Patterson's occupation was laborer, coal mine. Everett C. Patterson was an electrician who worked in the coal mines; he died in 1941 of accidental electrocution.
Blanche Walder Patterson had one son, Billy Bob Patterson; he was born in 1921 and died in WW-II in 1943. Billy Bob was reported missing in action in 1943 in the European Theater of WW-II, and it was years later before his remains were recovered and brought to Hartshorne for burial.
In June 1949, Blanche Walder Patterson married a second time to William F. Hunt, a family friend whose wife Rhoda Sterling Hunt had died in 1947. The following newspaper article, published in the McAlester Democrat on December 26, 1947 and was also published in the Hartshorne Sun illustrates family ties and friendships:
"Hartshorne Women Hurt in Car Mishap. – Mrs. George Walshe, Mrs. Joe Ganner and Mrs. Anna Patterson were injured shortly after 1 o'clock Wednesday when the car in which they were riding overturned between Wilburton and Red Oak as they were en route to Wister to attend the funeral of an aunt, Mrs. Will Hunt.
"Mrs. Blanche Patterson was driving the car of Mrs. Anna Patterson. A blowout of a tire caused Mrs. Patterson to lose control of the car. Another passenger in the car was Marie Bayless of Tulsa, also enroute to the funeral.
"Mrs. Blanche Patterson and Miss Bayless went on to Wister to the funeral, but the other three women received first aid treatment in Wilburton and were sent to their homes in a Lapp ambulance.
"The three women are in their own homes. Mrs. Anna Patterson is the more seriously injured, as she was thrown from the car. She is bruised and cut about the face. Mrs. Walshe is shaken up and bruised and Mrs. Ganner is suffering from shock."
Blanche and Will Hunt lived in Wister until he retired from business because of illness. He and Blanche moved back to Hartshorne and lived there until his death January 14, 1958.
After the death of Will Hunt, Blanche lived in Hartshorne until her death November 12, 1984. Blanche Hunt is interred next to her first husband, Everett C. Patterson, and their son, Billy Bob Patterson, in the Walder family plot in Elmwood Cemetery. Also buried in the family plot are Blanche's parents, H. R. Bob Walder (1866-1955) and Jessie Ross Walder (1874-1904), her brother Otto Walder (1894-1956), and her sister, Lena Mae Walder Woodward (1896-1986), her sister's husband, Thomas Blanton Woodward (1899-1987), and their daughter.
Blanche Walder was born May 15, 1899, daughter of Henry Robert "Bob" Walder and Jessie Ross.
The 1910 U.S. Census lists the Walder family in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as follows: Robert H. Walder, head of household, age 43, born in Germany of German parents, occupation Electrician Light Company; (deceased wife was born in South Carolina); Otto C. Walder, son, age 15, born in Texas; Lena M. Walder, daughter, age 13, born in Texas; and Blanche J. Walder, daughter, age 10, born in Texas.
Blanche Walder married first about 1920 to Everett C. Patterson (1895-1941), son of William J. Patterson and his second wife Roxanna. Everett Patterson is half-sibling to the children of Mary Ann Hunt, first wife of W. J. Patterson.
1920 U.S. Census shows Everett Patterson, age 24, born in Oklahoma, and wife Blanche Walder Patterson, age 20, born in Texas, listed in Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Everett Patterson's occupation was laborer, coal mine. Everett C. Patterson was an electrician who worked in the coal mines; he died in 1941 of accidental electrocution.
Blanche Walder Patterson had one son, Billy Bob Patterson; he was born in 1921 and died in WW-II in 1943. Billy Bob was reported missing in action in 1943 in the European Theater of WW-II, and it was years later before his remains were recovered and brought to Hartshorne for burial.
In June 1949, Blanche Walder Patterson married a second time to William F. Hunt, a family friend whose wife Rhoda Sterling Hunt had died in 1947. The following newspaper article, published in the McAlester Democrat on December 26, 1947 and was also published in the Hartshorne Sun illustrates family ties and friendships:
"Hartshorne Women Hurt in Car Mishap. – Mrs. George Walshe, Mrs. Joe Ganner and Mrs. Anna Patterson were injured shortly after 1 o'clock Wednesday when the car in which they were riding overturned between Wilburton and Red Oak as they were en route to Wister to attend the funeral of an aunt, Mrs. Will Hunt.
"Mrs. Blanche Patterson was driving the car of Mrs. Anna Patterson. A blowout of a tire caused Mrs. Patterson to lose control of the car. Another passenger in the car was Marie Bayless of Tulsa, also enroute to the funeral.
"Mrs. Blanche Patterson and Miss Bayless went on to Wister to the funeral, but the other three women received first aid treatment in Wilburton and were sent to their homes in a Lapp ambulance.
"The three women are in their own homes. Mrs. Anna Patterson is the more seriously injured, as she was thrown from the car. She is bruised and cut about the face. Mrs. Walshe is shaken up and bruised and Mrs. Ganner is suffering from shock."
Blanche and Will Hunt lived in Wister until he retired from business because of illness. He and Blanche moved back to Hartshorne and lived there until his death January 14, 1958.
After the death of Will Hunt, Blanche lived in Hartshorne until her death November 12, 1984. Blanche Hunt is interred next to her first husband, Everett C. Patterson, and their son, Billy Bob Patterson, in the Walder family plot in Elmwood Cemetery. Also buried in the family plot are Blanche's parents, H. R. Bob Walder (1866-1955) and Jessie Ross Walder (1874-1904), her brother Otto Walder (1894-1956), and her sister, Lena Mae Walder Woodward (1896-1986), her sister's husband, Thomas Blanton Woodward (1899-1987), and their daughter.
The 1910 U.S. Census lists the Walder family in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as follows: Robert H. Walder, head of household, age 43, born in Germany of German parents, occupation Electrician Light Company; (deceased wife was born in South Carolina); Otto C. Walder, son, age 15, born in Texas; Lena M. Walder, daughter, age 13, born in Texas; and Blanche J. Walder, daughter, age 10, born in Texas.
Blanche Walder married first about 1920 to Everett C. Patterson (1895-1941), son of William J. Patterson and his second wife Roxanna. Everett Patterson is half-sibling to the children of Mary Ann Hunt, first wife of W. J. Patterson.
1920 U.S. Census shows Everett Patterson, age 24, born in Oklahoma, and wife Blanche Walder Patterson, age 20, born in Texas, listed in Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Everett Patterson's occupation was laborer, coal mine. Everett C. Patterson was an electrician who worked in the coal mines; he died in 1941 of accidental electrocution.
Blanche Walder Patterson had one son, Billy Bob Patterson; he was born in 1921 and died in WW-II in 1943. Billy Bob was reported missing in action in 1943 in the European Theater of WW-II, and it was years later before his remains were recovered and brought to Hartshorne for burial.
In June 1949, Blanche Walder Patterson married a second time to William F. Hunt, a family friend whose wife Rhoda Sterling Hunt had died in 1947. The following newspaper article, published in the McAlester Democrat on December 26, 1947 and was also published in the Hartshorne Sun illustrates family ties and friendships:
"Hartshorne Women Hurt in Car Mishap. – Mrs. George Walshe, Mrs. Joe Ganner and Mrs. Anna Patterson were injured shortly after 1 o'clock Wednesday when the car in which they were riding overturned between Wilburton and Red Oak as they were en route to Wister to attend the funeral of an aunt, Mrs. Will Hunt.
"Mrs. Blanche Patterson was driving the car of Mrs. Anna Patterson. A blowout of a tire caused Mrs. Patterson to lose control of the car. Another passenger in the car was Marie Bayless of Tulsa, also enroute to the funeral.
"Mrs. Blanche Patterson and Miss Bayless went on to Wister to the funeral, but the other three women received first aid treatment in Wilburton and were sent to their homes in a Lapp ambulance.
"The three women are in their own homes. Mrs. Anna Patterson is the more seriously injured, as she was thrown from the car. She is bruised and cut about the face. Mrs. Walshe is shaken up and bruised and Mrs. Ganner is suffering from shock."
Blanche and Will Hunt lived in Wister until he retired from business because of illness. He and Blanche moved back to Hartshorne and lived there until his death January 14, 1958.
After the death of Will Hunt, Blanche lived in Hartshorne until her death November 12, 1984. Blanche Hunt is interred next to her first husband, Everett C. Patterson, and their son, Billy Bob Patterson, in the Walder family plot in Elmwood Cemetery. Also buried in the family plot are Blanche's parents, H. R. Bob Walder (1866-1955) and Jessie Ross Walder (1874-1904), her brother Otto Walder (1894-1956), and her sister, Lena Mae Walder Woodward (1896-1986), her sister's husband, Thomas Blanton Woodward (1899-1987), and their daughter.
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