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DATE: Wednesday, August 24, 1994             TAG: 9408240437
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

MARGARET A. BLANCHARD

Margaret A. Blanchard, 87, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 1994, in Suffolk.

Mrs. Blanchard, a native of Portsmouth, was the widow of Lewis Blanchard. She was a member of West End United Methodist Church, Portsmouth, a charter member of the Mary-view Hospital Auxiliary and a member of Alice Kyle Woman's Club, Portsmouth.

Survivors include a sister, Stella Hall Brock of Suffolk; a niece, Frances Hattaway; two nephews, Clyde L. Brock of Suffolk and Jack Brock of Moyock.

A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Oak Grove Cemetery. Loving Funeral Home, Churchland, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB