Lily Sue Blankenship

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD MONDAY, JUNE 23RD AT 11:00 AM WITH VISITATION ONE HOUR BEFORE FUNERAL SERVICES AT SOUTH HAVEN BAPTIST CHURCH, 16800 BEL RAY BLVD, BELTON, MO, BURIAL IN BELTON CEMETERY. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO SOUTH HAVEN BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL FUND.

LILY WAS BORN JANUARY 16, 1935 IN CONWAY, MO TO GLEN ERNEST AND STELLA HUBBARD ABEL. SHE MARRIED BERNARD JESS BLANKENSHIP ON OCTOBER 12, 1951, IN MAPLEWOOD, MO, FROM THIS UNION WERE FIVE CHILDREN: MIKE BLANKENSHIP (SHARON) LANSING, KS, SUSAN NEFF (DALE O’ DELL) ORRICK, MO, BERNIE BLANKENSHIP (LISA) LEAVENWORTH, KS, ANNA WEBB (RONALD) LANSING, KS, LISA LADNER (ROBERT) ONAGA, KS.

LILY WAS A VERY DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER , GRANDMOTHER AND FRIEND. SHE WORKED TWENTY YEARS AS A BUS DRIVER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. HER CARING AND GENEROUS ATTITUDE WAS A TRUE TESTIMONY OF HER FAITH IN CHRIST, SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.

LILY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND BERNARD ON FEBRUARY 23, 2002, HER PARENTS, THREE BROTHERS : JOHN ABEL, PAUL ABEL, ERNEST ABEL, TWO SISTERS: VIVA QUICK MELLO, GLENDA WILCOX AND A GRANDAUGHTER TRACI BRAMMER.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER FIVE CHILDREN, 9 NINE GRANDCHILDREN: TOD BLANKENSHIP, JEANNA WEBB MEYER, AMY GRAF, JENI BLANKENSHIP, CASSIE BLANKENSHIP, SHEENA WEBB, KATIE BLANKENSHIP, ROBERT LADNER, RYAN LADNER, TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JACOB, JORDAN, TANNER , TAYLOR, JADEN, KYLIE, FINLEY, STELLA, ELLA, ALICE. TWO BROTHERS JIMMIE ABEL (MARCENE), WALTER ABEL (SANDY) , SISTER-IN-LAW DOLORES POLITTE ALL OF SULLIVAN, MO, SISTER-IN-LAW MARY LOU ABEL, ST CHARLES, MO, VERY GOOD FRIEND LEROY SHELBY , RAYMORE, MO , MANY NIECES , NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

Arrangements under the direction of McGilley and George Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Belton, MO.