Arlene Virginia (Shields) Blanchard

ARLENE V. BLANCHARD – Presque Isle – A committal service will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Fairmount Cemetery, Presque Isle. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home.     Presque Isle – Arlene V. Blanchard, 80, wife of the late Richard B. Blanchard, died at her home January 24, 2007. She was born September 27, 1926 in Houlton, the daughter of Harold and Susan (Adams) Shields.
    She is a member of the Grant Memorial United Methodist Church. Arlene graduated from Oakfield High School in 1944 then from Whidden Memorial Hospital School of Nursing of Everett, Mass. in 1948. She met her soon to be husband of 47 years, Richard while working at Houlton Regional Hospital and they married October 21, 1953. Arlene’s career in nursing also included the Mars Hill Nursing Home and the Presque Isle Nursing Home.
    Surviving her are two sons, Steven Blanchard and his wife Mary Sue of Whiteville, NC and David Blanchard of Presque Isle; a daughter Lee Ann Mathis and her husband Keith of Presque Isle, a granddaughter, Danielle Mathis of Presque Isle; four nieces and several cousins including a special cousin, Evelyn Blake of Brewer.
    Relatives and friends called at the Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St. from 7 to 9 PM Saturday. Funeral services were conducted 2:00 PM Sunday at Grant Memorial United Methodist Church, on Fleetwood St. in Presque Isle, with the Rev. David Williams officiating. A spring interment will be in the Fairmount Cemetery in Presque Isle. Gifts in her memory may be sent to Hospice of Aroostook, P.O. Box 688, Caribou, ME 04736-9976. www.duncan-graves.com.