Blanche Lacksheide Liehr

1927 - 2017

QUINCY -- Blanche Lacksheide Liehr, 89, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at Blessing Hospital, surrounded by her family.

She was born Feb. 27, 1927, in Perry, a daughter of the late Henry and Lova Morgan Lacksheide. She married Dean Liehr on Oct. 27, 1945, in Bowling Green, Mo. He preceded her in death Oct. 19, 1999.

Blanche graduated from Perry High School in 1945. She had an extensive work history, including 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 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.

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

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.

SERVICES: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at Airsman-Hires Funeral Chapel, Griggsville. Burial will follow in Wilson Cemetery, Perry. There will be a dinner following the committal service at Perry United Methodist Church.

VISITATION: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at the funeral home.

MEMORIALS: Perry Methodist Monday Dinner Committee or Wilson/McCord Cemetery Association in care of Airsman-Hires Funeral Home.

ARRANGEMENTS: Airsman-Hires Funeral Chapel, Griggsville.

WEBSITE: airsman-hires.com.

Condolences may be expressed online at whig.com.