From: Gerald D. (Jerry) Hobson

Transcription of Obituary
From
The South Bend Tribune
South Bend, Indiana
(St. Joseph County)
Tuesday, April 17, 1973

Mrs. Blanche A. Philion

Mrs. Blanche A. Philion, 78, formerly of 2510 Woodmont Dr., South Bend, died at 9:30 p.m. Monday in the Little Company of Mary Health Facility, San Pierre, Ind., where she had been a patient for four years.  She was born in Mishawaka on Aug. 13, 1894, and had lived all her life in Mishawaka and South Bend.  As Blanche A. Ort she married Julius J. Philion in Mishawaka on Nov. 15, 1915.  He died in 1958.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Aldona Borden of Mishawaka, and two granddaughters, Mrs. Michael Bojarski and Mrs. Thomas Sanders, both of Boulder, Colo.  Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Bubb Funeral Chapel, where final arrangements are being made.  Mrs. Philion was a member of St. Matthew's Cathedral Parish, South Bend, and she and her late husband were also members of St. Monica's Church for a number of years.

(same newspaper, Wednesday, April 18, 1973)

PHILION - Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche A. Philion, 78, formerly of 2510 Woodmont Dr., South Bend, who died Monday evening in the Little Company of Mary Health facility, San Pierre, Ind., will be held at noon Thursday in the Bubb Funeral Chapel.  Rt. Rev. Msgr. Stanley L. Manoski, pastor of St. Matthew Cathedral, South Bend, will officiate and burial will be in St. Joseph Memorial Park.  Friends may call in the funeral home from 5 to 9 p.m. today.