Charles Ranney Blanchard

Charles Ranney Blanchard

• Charles Ranney Blanchard was born circa 1879.
• He married Luella Bundy, daughter of Milon J. Bundy and Ida Paulina Allen, on 31 December 1919 in Angola, Erie County, New York.
• Charles Ranney Blanchard died on 3 November 1954.
• Luella Bundy became a widow at his death.
• The following appeared on 8 September 1969 in the Watertown Daily Times: (Clayton) Mrs. Luella M. Bundy Blanchard, 84, widow of Charles Ranney Blanchard, died 1:10 a.m. Sunday in the Edward John Noble Hospital, Alexandria Bay, where she had been a patient two weeks. In failing health three years, she had lived two years at the Coutt Adult Home, Cape Vincent.
       The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Cummings Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Mowatt, pastor of Clayton Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Clayton Cemetery.
       Friends may call at the funeral home today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
       Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary B. Hartman and a granddaughter, Miss Hallie Hartman, both of 519 Riverside Drive; three brothers, Allen J. Bundy, Utica, Edward Bundy, Tennessee and Merle Bundy, Blasdell.
       Mrs. Blanchard was born Sept. 2, 1885 in Angola, a daughter of Milon and Ida Allen Bundy. She was a resident of Buffalo when she was married Dec. 31, 1919 to Mr. Blanchard, a native of Clayton, in Angola.
       Mr. Blanchard, a marine engineer, retired in 1930 and later operated his farm on the Clayton-Alexandria Bay Road. In 1951, he retired from farming and the couple moved to 214 State St., in the village. Mr. Blanchard died Nov. 3, 1954, aged 75.
       Mrs. Blanchard was a member of the Clayton Baptist Church and its 3-G class, Order of the Eastern Star and the Rebekah Lodge.

• Last Edited: 7 Jan 2014