Blanche Norma King

1917 - 2008  (91 years)

• Name	Blanche Norma King
  Born	24 Oct 1917	Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Blanche Norma Bolender
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-161867
  Died	8 Dec 2008	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Buried	12 Dec 2008	Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I161867	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Norman Austin King,   b. 7 Jun 1888, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1952, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Florence Lillie Snyder,   b. 25 Jan 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1949  (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F53014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Reeve Gordon Henry Bolender,   b. 13 May 1911, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 10 Aug 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. Shirley Bolender,   b. 3 Sep 1939,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F32326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BOLENDER, Blanche Norma (King) - Passed away peacefully, our Mother and Nana, at St. Andrew's Terrace, Cambridge on Monday, December 8, 2008. Devoted loving wife of the late Gordon Bolender (1988). Dearly loved mother of Shirley Vero (Geoff), Judy Hanlan and her friend Fraser Mackenzie, Lynn Markle (Harold) and six grandchildren, Jeff Gobbo, Todd Gobbo (Kelly), Gord Hanlan (Nancy), Elizabeth Gawel (Mark), Tracy Thirtle (Sean), Shannon Markle and great-nana to Miles and Meloney Hanlan, Paige and Jennifer Aubry, Julian Gobbo, Brittany and Brandon Gawel, Suria and Maddox Runstedler and Roman and Kaleb Thirtle. Also surviving are her four sisters, Jean Callfas, Lorraine White, Betty Fisher, Joan Rose and one brother, Wayne King. She was predeceased by her sister, Phyllis Reuter and brothers, Donald, Clare, Neil and Graham King. Mrs. Bolender was a member of Trillium United Church, the U.C.W., St. Paul's Meals On Wheels, as well as a member of Freeport Hospital Auxiliary, an avid bird watcher and Bridge player. She loved spending her summers at the cottage on Lake Kamaniskeg. But first and foremost was her love and devotion to her family. The family will receive friends at the Barthel Funeral Home , 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge, on Thursday, December 11, 2008, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The Funeral Service will be conducted on Friday, December 12, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Trillium United Church, 450 King St. E., Cambridge. Private family interment in Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge. Tributes may be made online at www.mem.com. A very special thank you to all the staff at St. Andrew's Terrace who looked after our mom for the last four years. There is a special place in heaven for all of you. You were wonderful. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Alzheimer Society of Cambridge would be appreciated by the family. WATERLOO REGION RECORD, Kitchener, Ontario - Dec. 10, 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Blanch Norman (King) Bolender - Dec. 10, 2008. [S356] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Parklawn CC#4504 Internet Link . [Front] Bolender/ Gordon Henry/ May 13, 1911/ Aug. 10, 1988/ Blanche King/ Oct. 24, 1917 - / [Back] We Were Not Ready To Let You Go/ But God In His Wisdom Decreed It So/ Your Voice, Your Smile, Your Infinite Love/ We Sadly Surrender To God Above. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32080547/blanche-norma-bolender.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Oct 1917 - Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Dec 2008 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 12 Dec 2008 - Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth