Her daughters remembered her as the perfect mother, a very quiet woman. She read and sewed. Her hobby was making quilts. Once a year she would host a quilting party with women who went to the same church she attended in Oklahoma. She was a member of the Church of Christ there.
Blanche suffered a stroke in 1933, after the world's fair in Chicago, and was partially paralyzed in her left arm and leg. She was living in Duncan, Oklahoma with her last child, Joan (Emma Jean) and husband Anderson when her daughter Nona (Nannie Jane) stopped by. Nona was with her one husband that was in show business with her on the stage in New York. Nona asked Blanche why didn't she come to Southern California with she and her husband. Blanche said to wait a moment and went into her room and packed her clothes. She never asked Anderson, who was working in his blacksmith shop across the street, if she could go. Nona was very surprised but happy that her mother said yes. Six months later Anderson and Joan joined her in La Crescenta, California.
Blanche had only been in California ten months when she suffered a cerebral hemmorhage on November 26, 1934. She passed away three days later. Anderson buried her at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.
Her daughters remembered her as the perfect mother, a very quiet woman. She read and sewed. Her hobby was making quilts. Once a year she would host a quilting party with women who went to the same church she attended in Oklahoma. She was a member of the Church of Christ there.
Blanche suffered a stroke in 1933, after the world's fair in Chicago, and was partially paralyzed in her left arm and leg. She was living in Duncan, Oklahoma with her last child, Joan (Emma Jean) and husband Anderson when her daughter Nona (Nannie Jane) stopped by. Nona was with her one husband that was in show business with her on the stage in New York. Nona asked Blanche why didn't she come to Southern California with she and her husband. Blanche said to wait a moment and went into her room and packed her clothes. She never asked Anderson, who was working in his blacksmith shop across the street, if she could go. Nona was very surprised but happy that her mother said yes. Six months later Anderson and Joan joined her in La Crescenta, California.
Blanche had only been in California ten months when she suffered a cerebral hemmorhage on November 26, 1934. She passed away three days later. Anderson buried her at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.
Family Members
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Nellie Demoretta Sophronia Franklin Brewer
1888–1987
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Oscar Elon Franklin
1891–1963
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Willie Belle Franklin Simons
1894–1985
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Thelma Blanche Andre Franklin Schambers
1895–1979
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Leonard Anderson "Frank" Franklin
1897–1973
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Viola Hixie "Vi" Franklin Paulsen
1899–1999
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Donna Deane Franklin Armstrong
1901–1989
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Nona Jean Franklin Tompkins
1903–1991
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Inez Jan Franklin Martin
1906–1979
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John Abraham "Buster" Franklin
1908–1994
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Margaret Ella Franklin Vance
1910–1996
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Joan Carol Franklin Shuler
1912–2000