Blanche Baker Risinger, 95, native of Houston County, Texas, daughter of John and Blanche Baker passed away May 25, 2012 in Woodville, TX.
Blanche moved to Tyler County in 1937 and later married William Herman "Speck" Risinger. She was the proprietress of Jacques dress shop on the square in Woodville for 43 years. Always involved in community activities, she was an organizing member of the Daniel Witcher Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a lifetime member of the Texas Forestry Association, an active member in the Woodville United Methodist Church, and volunteered many years for the Tyler County Dogwood Festival which honored her with the James E. Wheat Award.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Speck, and her two sons, Herman and John David Risinger.
She is survived by her daughter, Blanche Shaw & husband, Don of Woodville; grandsons, John David Risinger Jr. & wife, Mandy of Woodville, J. Michael Risinger & wife, Amy of Woodville, Nate Shaw & wife, Julie of Lumberton, and Will Shaw of College Station; granddaughters Lucy Chambers & husband, Jason, and Amanda Kozma, all of Woodville; 10 great grandchildren and a host of friends and family.
Services will be held Monday, May 28th at 11 a.m. at the Woodville United Methodist Church with interment at Magnolia Cemetery in Woodville.
Services are under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home of Woodville.
Blanche moved to Tyler County in 1937 and later married William Herman "Speck" Risinger. She was the proprietress of Jacques dress shop on the square in Woodville for 43 years. Always involved in community activities, she was an organizing member of the Daniel Witcher Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a lifetime member of the Texas Forestry Association, an active member in the Woodville United Methodist Church, and volunteered many years for the Tyler County Dogwood Festival which honored her with the James E. Wheat Award.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Speck, and her two sons, Herman and John David Risinger.
She is survived by her daughter, Blanche Shaw & husband, Don of Woodville; grandsons, John David Risinger Jr. & wife, Mandy of Woodville, J. Michael Risinger & wife, Amy of Woodville, Nate Shaw & wife, Julie of Lumberton, and Will Shaw of College Station; granddaughters Lucy Chambers & husband, Jason, and Amanda Kozma, all of Woodville; 10 great grandchildren and a host of friends and family.
Services will be held Monday, May 28th at 11 a.m. at the Woodville United Methodist Church with interment at Magnolia Cemetery in Woodville.
Services are under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home of Woodville.
Blanche Baker Risinger, 95, native of Houston County, Texas, daughter of John and Blanche Baker passed away May 25, 2012 in Woodville, TX.
Blanche moved to Tyler County in 1937 and later married William Herman "Speck" Risinger. She was the proprietress of Jacques dress shop on the square in Woodville for 43 years. Always involved in community activities, she was an organizing member of the Daniel Witcher Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a lifetime member of the Texas Forestry Association, an active member in the Woodville United Methodist Church, and volunteered many years for the Tyler County Dogwood Festival which honored her with the James E. Wheat Award.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Speck, and her two sons, Herman and John David Risinger.
She is survived by her daughter, Blanche Shaw & husband, Don of Woodville; grandsons, John David Risinger Jr. & wife, Mandy of Woodville, J. Michael Risinger & wife, Amy of Woodville, Nate Shaw & wife, Julie of Lumberton, and Will Shaw of College Station; granddaughters Lucy Chambers & husband, Jason, and Amanda Kozma, all of Woodville; 10 great grandchildren and a host of friends and family.
Services will be held Monday, May 28th at 11 a.m. at the Woodville United Methodist Church with interment at Magnolia Cemetery in Woodville.
Services are under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home of Woodville.
Blanche moved to Tyler County in 1937 and later married William Herman "Speck" Risinger. She was the proprietress of Jacques dress shop on the square in Woodville for 43 years. Always involved in community activities, she was an organizing member of the Daniel Witcher Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a lifetime member of the Texas Forestry Association, an active member in the Woodville United Methodist Church, and volunteered many years for the Tyler County Dogwood Festival which honored her with the James E. Wheat Award.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Speck, and her two sons, Herman and John David Risinger.
She is survived by her daughter, Blanche Shaw & husband, Don of Woodville; grandsons, John David Risinger Jr. & wife, Mandy of Woodville, J. Michael Risinger & wife, Amy of Woodville, Nate Shaw & wife, Julie of Lumberton, and Will Shaw of College Station; granddaughters Lucy Chambers & husband, Jason, and Amanda Kozma, all of Woodville; 10 great grandchildren and a host of friends and family.
Services will be held Monday, May 28th at 11 a.m. at the Woodville United Methodist Church with interment at Magnolia Cemetery in Woodville.
Services are under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home of Woodville.
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