Mary Edith Blanchard

MARY BLANCHARD Mary Edith Futhey Blanchard passed away July 25, 2013. She was born in Sumner, Miss., and raised in Tutwiler, Miss. She was a 32-year resident of Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Mississippi and held graduate degrees from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. She was a teacher, counselor and volunteer coordinator working in various places around the world, according to her husband's U.S. Air Force career. She organized the Hospice Volunteer component for the Nursing Division of the (then) Clark County Health District before retiring in 2001. She was active in DOVIA, a national organization for the Volunteer Managers and the National Hospice Association. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Emma Flautt Futhey and Samuel Futhey; and her granddaughter, Amanda Leeman. Mary is survived by her husband, of 51 years, Benny E. Blanchard; son, Michael Blanchard; daughter, Ceci (Brad) Leeman, all of Las Vegas; stepdaughter, Terrie Hamilton; and grandson, Jacob of Boynton Beach, Fla.; granddaughter, Alisha Cross; and great-grandsons, Jayden and Brayden of Jackson, Mich.; daughters of the heart, Roxie Johnson and her daughter, Paris, of Las Vegas, Jenni Osborne of Seabeck-Holly of Washington, and Trixie Schmitz of Brenton, Neb.; and many special friends from her "Carding" and church work. Visitation and Rosary will be 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at King David Memorial Chapel, 2697 E. Eldorado Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89120. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, at Our Lady of the Skies Chapel at Nellis Air Force Base. Burial will follow at the Palm Valley View Memorial Park, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89123. Donations should be made to the charity of your choice or to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Arrangements under the direction of Palm Eastern Mortuary, Las Vegas, NV.