Blanche Luella Ware

Blanche Luella Ware, 91, formerly of Elgin, died June 8 at Regency Hermiston Health & Rehabilitation Center in Hermiston. A graveside funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Stanfield. Sign

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She was born March 14, 1920, to Nile Erastus and Ella Bell (Sears) Bennett at Hillsboro. She was raised in Hillsboro. In 1936, she married Harold Wallace there. They moved to Stanfield and then to Elgin in 1945. They lived in Elgin until 1965 when they moved back to Stanfield. Blanche and Harold divorced and she married Gerald Ware on Feb. 26, 1973, in Walla Walla, Wash.

They lived in Stanfield and in Hermiston until Gerald died in 2002. Blanche attended the Church of Christ in Hermiston. She enjoyed crocheting, reading, puzzles and visiting the coast.

She is survived by son, Wayne and his wife, Trula Wallace, of Summerville; a niece; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two great-great-granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Harold Wallace in 1975 and Gerald Ware in 2002; and sister, Lovell Carter in 2008.

Memorial contributions may be made to Vange John Memorial Hospice, 1050 W. Elm Ave., Suite 220, Hermiston 97838.

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