Blanche Liehr

1927 - 2017

Blanche Lacksheide Liehr, 89, died, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy.

She was born February 27, 1927, in Perry, the daughter of the late Henry and Lova Morgan Lacksheide.

She married Dean Liehr on October 27, 1945, in Bowling Green, Missouri. He preceded her in death on October 19, 1999.

She also was preceded in death by her son, Jerry Liehr; her sisters, Mary Slight and Vedia Shaw; and her five brothers, Arthur "Rudy," Frankie, Sylvester "Firp," Cecil and Robert Lacksheide.

She is survived by her daughters, Temberly (Robert) McKinney of Perry and Chattie (Ivan) Miranda of Salem, Oregon; five grandchildren, Shawn McKinney of Dupo, Brandon McKinney of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Neilly Liehr Bergman of Naperville, Natalie Liehr of Bloomington and Ivana Miranda of Salem, Oregon. She also had two great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Blanche graduated in 1945 from Perry High School. She had an extensive work history, including at the restaurant "Happy Liehrs," where she was employed while in high school and for a period afterward. After marrying Dean, she assisted in many of the duties of their sawmill business. In the early years, it was not odd to find her helping him in the timber and in stacking lumber. After their business was up and running, she tended the books. Not one to take a break, she worked for Community Care in the late 1980s and 1990s, only to retire in 1999 to care for her husband, Dean.

She loved to play cards at the senior center and with family members, gardening, flowers, birds, mowing her yard on her prized John Deere mower, decorating for every holiday and "picking up sticks" from her yard. She was an avid local sports fan, especially when watching her daughter and grandchildren.

She was known in the community as "Dimp," a nickname given to her by her brother when she was a baby. It stood for "dimples."

She was well known for her generosity, humor, spirit and love for people. There will never be another like her.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at Airsman-Hires Funeral Chapel in Griggsville with burial to follow at Wilson/McCord Cemetery in Perry. There will be a dinner at Perry United Methodist Church following the committal service. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, February 13, 2017, at the funeral chapel. Memorials may be made to Perry Methodist Monday Dinner Committee or Wilson/McCord Cemetery Association c/o Airsman-Hires Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.airsman-hires.com.