Blanche Caroline Blevins' Obituary
Blanche Caroline (Silvey) Blevins, 89, of Springfield, MO, passed away on Monday, July 2, 2007 in Christian Health Care in Republic, MO. She was born on March 25, 1918 in Seymour, MO, the daughter of Lloyd and Florine (Johns) Silvey. She was saved at an early age and was a member of the Harmony Freewill Baptist Church of Seymour, and graduated from Seymour High School in the Class of l937. She was married to Orville Blevins on November 3, 1937 and they made their home in Seymour until 1966, at which time they moved to Springfield, MO. Blanche retired from St. John’s Hospital in 1982 after 16 years of service. She was an active volunteer for over 20 years at the Downtown Senior Center and later at the Southside Senior Center in Springfield. She enjoyed singing with the Brady Bunch at the area nursing homes, and she loved to sing the old-time gospel hymns and writing stories about her life experiences in the Ozarks. Several of her stories were featured in Over the Ozarks in the Springfield News-Leader. She was preceded in death by her husband, Orville; a grandson, Alan Blevins; her parents, Lloyd and Florine Silvey; and two brothers-in-law, Dick Mitchiner and L.D. Boyce. Blanche is survived by her daughter, Frances Jones and her husband, Shelby, of Rogersville, MO; two sons, Lowell Blevins, of Paris, TX, and David Blevins and his wife, Badette, of Springfield, MO; five grandchildren, Chris Blevins and his wife, Robin, of Spring Lake, MI, Dr. Kevin Jones and his wife, Shelly, of Greenwood, IN, Cynthia Collins and her husband, Ray, of Strafford, MO, Stefanie Blevins, of Kansas City, KS, and Zachary Blevins, of Columbia, MO; 3 great-grandsons, Nathan Blevins, Henry Jones, and Nathan Collins; she is also survived by her sisters, Helen Mitchiner, of Fullerton, CA, Velma Boyce, of Hastings, NE, and Eunice Silvey, of Seymour, MO; and a number of nieces and nephews, as well as many friends. We will miss our loved one singing, and the strength and love she showed during her life, but we know she is at peace, singing in Heaven. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 6, 2007, in the Holman-Howe Chapel, Seymour. Burial will be in the Seymour Masonic Cemtery. Friends may call at the funeral home at their convenience. Services are under the direction of Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Seymour, Missouri. Memorials to the Southaide Senior Center may be made through the funeral home.
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