ESTHER BLANCHARD

WHITEWATER -- Esther "Ruth" Blanchard, 64, of Momence, Ill., died Monday, Nov. 18, 1991, at St. Francis Hospital in Blue Island, Ill.

Survivors include her husband, Norvell; two daughters, Terry Bowyer and Teena Finton of Cedar Lake, Ill.; a son, Tony Blanchard of Wheatfield, Ind.; her mother, Carrie Brown of Whitewater; four sisters, Geneva Nance of Whitewater, Joann Wooldridge and Shirley Nothdurft of Florissant, Della Huffman of Dyer; three brothers, Roby and Harold Brown of Jackson, Nelson Brown of St. Charles, and four grandchildren.

Funeral service was held Nov. 21 at Geisen Funeral Home in Merrillville, Ind. The Rev. Robert Simms officiated, with burial in Lake Village Cemetery, in Lake Village, Ind.