Funeral services for Earl Blanchard, 84, of Guthrie, Okla., are pending at Davis Funeral Home of Guthrie. Earl died Oct. 29, 1999 at Golden Age Nursing Home in Guthrie, Okla.

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© The Guthrie News Leader
Tuesday, November 2, 1999

Funeral services for Earl Edgar Blanchard, 84, of Bethany, Okla. were at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1999, at Resurrection Cemetery Chapel in Oklahoma City. Pastor David J. Klumpp officiated. Services were under the direction of Davis Funeral Home in Guthrie, Okla. Burial was at Resurrection Cemetery in Oklahoma City, Okla. Earl was born April 21, 1915, in White River Junction, Vt. to Glenn Everett and Genevieve Louise (Madden) Blanchard. He died Friday, Oct. 29, 1999 at Logan Hospital and Medical Center in Guthrie. Earl had lived in Bethany, Okla. for the past 37 years, moving there from Long Island, N.Y. He retired in 1973 from the Federal Aviation Administration after serving 30 years as Chief of Flight Inspection Division. Earl was a member of the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Oklahoma City, a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Flight Standards Retiree's Inc., OXS Aviation Pioneers, a57-year member of the BPO Elks of the USA, and a 61-year member of the Masonic Lodge. He married Edith Cobb April 12, 1937, in Harrison, N.Y., She preceded him in death in July 1983. His parents also preceded him in death. He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Donald C. and Juanette Blanchard of Howe, Texas; one daughter and son-in-law,Debi and Bill Wheeler of Guthrie; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. There will be no visitation. The family requests that memorials be made to the American Heart Association.