Delores R. Blanchard

December 2, 1917 - July 2, 2015

AUBURN –Delores R. Blanchard, 97 a resident of Turner Rd., in Auburn passed away peacefully early Thursday morning, July 2nd at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Auburn December 2, 1917, the daughter of John and Nellie (Josephson) Mason and her adoptive parents, George and Ona Hickey. Delores was a graduate of Leavitt High School and following her education began a family raising seven children. She was a member of the Pythian Sisters, Turner Village Church, and was a former Deacon at East Auburn Baptist Church before returning back to Turner Village Church. She was employed at the former Pecks Department Store, and many summers at Tabers Food Stand as well working at other area businesses. Her greatest hobby she loved doing was knitting and crocheting especially knitting dolls and making and repairing porcelain dolls. During a short stay at the Hospice House before returning back home she knitted 17 dolls for the patients at the Hospice House. Survivors include four sons, David Thompson and wife Carole of Monroe, N.C., Albert Thompson, Jr., and wife, Nancy of Kalamazoo, MI., Donald Blanchard, Sr., and wife Marilyn of Turner, Joel Blanchard and wife Tricia of Canton, three daughters, Georgieanna McArthur and husband, James of Poland Springs, Gloria DeCoster and husband John of Frostproof, FL., and Carolyn Harlow and husband, Gary of Turner. Also surviving are 23 grandchildren, 48 great grandchildren, and 11 great great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews as well as one cousin Jake Enos. She was predeceased by her first husband Albert Thompson in 1973 and her second husband Austin Blanchard in 1990, a stillborn daughter Marilyn Jean, two grandsons, David Thompson and Michael Harmon, as well as a great granddaughter Joann Rioux, five brothers and four sisters. A great heartfelt thanks to the men and women of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice for the wonderful care Delores received during her illness. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com BLANCHARD died in Auburn July 2, 2015, Mrs. Delores R. Blanchard age 97 years a resident of Auburn. Memorial services honoring Delores’s life will be held Friday 10:00 AM July 17th at the Turner Village Church with Chaplain Terry Cronin presiding. Graveside committal prayers to follow at Gracelawn Memorial Park. Memorial donations in Delores’s memory may be made to Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice 15 strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240. Family and friends are invited to a memorial gathering Thursday July 16th from 5-8PM at the PINETTE DILLINGHAM & LYNCH FUNERAL HOME 305 Alfred Plourde Parkway, Lewiston, 784-4023