Blanche Irene Denslinger Aaron

Blanche Irene Denslinger Aaron, a good woman, 92, a resident of the Golden Living Center in Oil City and formerly of Venus, died at 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at the Golden Living Center, after a period of declining health.

Born October 31, 1922, in Fryburg, Pa.; she was the daughter of the late Aloysius and Bertha Siegel Denslinger.

Blanche graduated from Shippenville High School.

She was married in St. Michael's Church in Fryburg, by Msgr. Theobald, to Edward F. Aaron on June 3, 1947, and he preceded her in death on October 21, 1988.

A homemaker, Blanche had worked at Sylvania in St. Mary's during World War II, making radar tubes.

She was a member of St. Stephen's Church and had formerly belonged to St. Michael's Church in Fryburg, and enjoyed being a member of both churches' rosary societies

Blanche enjoyed cooking, knitting, crocheting and was an avid reader and played bingo. She enjoyed sewing and was a very good seamstress, making many dresses for herself and her girls.

She enjoyed genealogy, and a high point of her life was a trip she made to Freiburg, Germany, where she visited the Denzlinger homestead.

She enjoyed traveling and made several trips across the United States.

Later in life, she enjoyed playing cards at the Oil City Senior Center.

Blanche is survived by four sons, Roger F. Aaron and his wife Susan of Franklin, Donald P. Aaron of Erie, Randall C. Aaron and his wife Donna of Rockland, and Timothy M. Aaron and his wife Marie of East Amherst, N.Y.; three daughters, Patricia Jensen and her husband Jack of Seattle, Wash., Barbara Rankin and her husband Paul of Erie, Pa., and Mary Beth Crawford of Nashville, Tenn.

She is also survived by 14 grandchildren, Gregory Aaron, Rebecca Craven and her husband Matt, Melissa, and Joel Jensen, Lili and PJ Rankin, Joshua Crawford Jennifer Barlow and her husband Shannon, Matthew Crawford and his wife Whitney and Michael Crawford and his wife Shellie, Chelsey O'Neil and her husband Ryan, Brooke Blake and her husband Paul, and Edward and Joseph Aaron; nine great-grandchildren, Caleb, Ethan, Allie, Zachary, Lily, Liam, Sydney and Caiden and Heidi.

She is survived by one sister, Helen Hoover of Fryburg.

Several nieces and nephews also survive

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Dennis E. Aaron; a son-in-law, Norman Crawford; and four brothers, Donald, Paul, Walter and Carl Denslinger.

Friends will be received from 3-6 p.m. on Friday, in the Reinsel Funeral Home.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, in St. Stephen's Church, with Fr. Matthew Ruyechan presiding.

Interment will be in St. Michael's Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Oil City Library , 2 Central Ave., Oil City, PA 16301.

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