Lynn Ellen Blanchard

BLANCHARD, Lynn Ellen, 48, wife of Kenneth D. Blanchard, and a resident of Melfa, Va., passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, Va. Born on October 19, 1960 at the Hahn Air Force Base in Germany, and raised as an "Air Force Child" mostly overseas, she was the daughter of Muriel J. Bainbridge of Halifax, Va., and the late Richard L. Fleckenstine. Lynn was a bookkeeper for H.W. Drummond, Inc., in Belle Haven, Va., and was a former receptionist for the Accomack County Social Services. She greatly enjoyed raising her children, keeping in touch with her friends on the internet, and gardening. Lynn enjoyed dealing with the public and her work, having just worked the day before she passed away. Other than her husband and mother, survivors include two children, Ellen Marie Cook and Martin Kenneth Blanchard, both of the home; a sister, Sue Ann Bailey of Halifax; two nephews, Christopher Allen Bailey and Matthew Owen Bailey; her father-in-law, Joseph Blanchard of Melfa; a special friend, Betty Smith of Melfa; and an uncle, Lawrence C. Meyer of Kasilof, Alaska. A memorial service will be conducted at the Williams-Onancock Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Shore Cancer Center, P.O. Box 17, Nassawadox, Va. 23413, or to the Hospice of the Eastern Shore, 165 Market St., Suite #3, Onancock, Va. 23417. Memory tributes may be sent to the family at www.williamsfuneralhomes.com. Arrangements by the Williams-Onancock Funeral Home.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.