Marguriete "Ginger" Blanche

Marguriete L. "Ginger" Blanche went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 22, 2014. She departed this life holding the hand of Dalton her loving and devoted husband of over 70 years. She was born July 7, 1920 to George and Lena Klotzbach in Humboldt, Kansas. She attended St. Joseph Catholic School; St. Mary's Jr. College; Pittsburg Teachers College and received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Central State University. Ginger taught school in Oklahoma for 28 years, 8 years at St. Eugene Catholic School and 20 years at Coronado Heights in Putnam City teaching 3rd and 4th grade. She began her teaching career teaching first through 8th grade in a one room schoolhouse in Humboldt, KS. During WWII she worked as a quality control inspector in a Boeing aircraft plant in Wichita, KS where she met her future husband Dalton. They were married on April 19, 1944 shortly before Dalton left to serve in the Army. Ginger was a devoted wife and mother and is survived by her loving husband Dalton; sons Greg and his wife Marilyn of Traverse City, MI, Gary of Edmond, OK, and Phil and his wife Debbie of Yukon, OK. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 pm, Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Christ the King Catholic Church.