- The Scio Tribune, Thursday May 26, 1983
Blanche George, 75 of Scio died Tuesday in Salem Memorial Hospital.
Born in Ontario, Ore, she moved to the Willamette Valley area in the early 1920s. She lived in Salem in 1922 to 1928, when she married Walter George and has lived at Scio ever since. She was retired from the Stayton Canning Co. Co-op as a cannery worker and had worked on the Senior Citizens home lunch program. She was a member of the Leone Rebekah Lodge in Scio and the Scio Garden Club.
Surviving are her daughter, Joy Costello of Dexter, son Delbert of Scio; brother, Merle Farber of Portland; five grandchildren and one great grandson.
The casket will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Weddle Funeral Home, Stayton. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Miller Cemetery, NW of Scio. Rev. Richard Jenks officiating.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to American Cancer Society.
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- Burial: Miller Cemetery
Scio, Linn County, Oregon, USA
Inscription: GEORGE Blanche July 20, 1907 May 24, 1983 Walter E. Nov. 8, 1897 Mar. 10, 1977
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1907 - 1983 (75 years)
