In the last issue we neglected to chronicle the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Blanchard.
--Salida Mail (Salida, CO) March 24, 1896
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Oct. 20, 1896
Mrs. Elmer Blanchard died this morning at 4:30 o'clock at her home near Poncha Springs. For the past three weeks she had been sick with typhoid fever but seemed to be convalescing. This morning she was seized with an attack of heart failure and almost before the watchers realized her condition she was dead. She leaves a loving husband and three little children, the youngest a seven month's old baby. The funeral services will be conducted tomorrow forenoon at the residence, interment to follow at Fairview cemetery. Friends of the family are asked to attend the services.
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Oct. 23, 1896
The funeral services of Mrs. Elmer Blanchard were held Wednesday at the residence near Poncha Springs. A large number of friends of the deceased attended, many of them from Salida. Rev. Orton of the Baptist church conducted the services. The interment took place in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Blanchard was 33 years of age, a Christian woman of many lovable qualities and one whose loss will be keenly felt not only by a devoted family but by a wide circle of friends.Contributor
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March 19, 1897
Elmer Blanchard, with his three children and his father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. Blanchard, left yesterday for Bridgport[sic], Connecticut, where they will make their future home. Rev. Blanchard formerly lived near Bridgport[sic] and the family expect to remain permanently in that vicinity. In their departure the community loses one of its most respected families.
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So many things can happen in just one year.
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--Salida Mail (Salida, CO) March 24, 1896
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Oct. 20, 1896
Mrs. Elmer Blanchard died this morning at 4:30 o'clock at her home near Poncha Springs. For the past three weeks she had been sick with typhoid fever but seemed to be convalescing. This morning she was seized with an attack of heart failure and almost before the watchers realized her condition she was dead. She leaves a loving husband and three little children, the youngest a seven month's old baby. The funeral services will be conducted tomorrow forenoon at the residence, interment to follow at Fairview cemetery. Friends of the family are asked to attend the services.
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Oct. 23, 1896
The funeral services of Mrs. Elmer Blanchard were held Wednesday at the residence near Poncha Springs. A large number of friends of the deceased attended, many of them from Salida. Rev. Orton of the Baptist church conducted the services. The interment took place in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Blanchard was 33 years of age, a Christian woman of many lovable qualities and one whose loss will be keenly felt not only by a devoted family but by a wide circle of friends.Contributor
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March 19, 1897
Elmer Blanchard, with his three children and his father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. Blanchard, left yesterday for Bridgport[sic], Connecticut, where they will make their future home. Rev. Blanchard formerly lived near Bridgport[sic] and the family expect to remain permanently in that vicinity. In their departure the community loses one of its most respected families.
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So many things can happen in just one year.
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In the last issue we neglected to chronicle the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Blanchard.
--Salida Mail (Salida, CO) March 24, 1896
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Oct. 20, 1896
Mrs. Elmer Blanchard died this morning at 4:30 o'clock at her home near Poncha Springs. For the past three weeks she had been sick with typhoid fever but seemed to be convalescing. This morning she was seized with an attack of heart failure and almost before the watchers realized her condition she was dead. She leaves a loving husband and three little children, the youngest a seven month's old baby. The funeral services will be conducted tomorrow forenoon at the residence, interment to follow at Fairview cemetery. Friends of the family are asked to attend the services.
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Oct. 23, 1896
The funeral services of Mrs. Elmer Blanchard were held Wednesday at the residence near Poncha Springs. A large number of friends of the deceased attended, many of them from Salida. Rev. Orton of the Baptist church conducted the services. The interment took place in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Blanchard was 33 years of age, a Christian woman of many lovable qualities and one whose loss will be keenly felt not only by a devoted family but by a wide circle of friends.Contributor
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March 19, 1897
Elmer Blanchard, with his three children and his father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. Blanchard, left yesterday for Bridgport[sic], Connecticut, where they will make their future home. Rev. Blanchard formerly lived near Bridgport[sic] and the family expect to remain permanently in that vicinity. In their departure the community loses one of its most respected families.
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So many things can happen in just one year.
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--Salida Mail (Salida, CO) March 24, 1896
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Oct. 20, 1896
Mrs. Elmer Blanchard died this morning at 4:30 o'clock at her home near Poncha Springs. For the past three weeks she had been sick with typhoid fever but seemed to be convalescing. This morning she was seized with an attack of heart failure and almost before the watchers realized her condition she was dead. She leaves a loving husband and three little children, the youngest a seven month's old baby. The funeral services will be conducted tomorrow forenoon at the residence, interment to follow at Fairview cemetery. Friends of the family are asked to attend the services.
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Oct. 23, 1896
The funeral services of Mrs. Elmer Blanchard were held Wednesday at the residence near Poncha Springs. A large number of friends of the deceased attended, many of them from Salida. Rev. Orton of the Baptist church conducted the services. The interment took place in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Blanchard was 33 years of age, a Christian woman of many lovable qualities and one whose loss will be keenly felt not only by a devoted family but by a wide circle of friends.Contributor
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March 19, 1897
Elmer Blanchard, with his three children and his father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. Blanchard, left yesterday for Bridgport[sic], Connecticut, where they will make their future home. Rev. Blanchard formerly lived near Bridgport[sic] and the family expect to remain permanently in that vicinity. In their departure the community loses one of its most respected families.
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So many things can happen in just one year.
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WIFE OF
E. H. BLANCHARD
Gravesite Details
s/s with Frederick P. Blanchard (brother of her husband). Ironically, they both died of Typhoid Fever (6 years apart)
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