Blanche Turner July 05, 1920 - March 04, 2007 Blanche E. Turner, 86, of Reddington passed away March 4, 2007, at the home of her son in Brown County. She was born in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, to William and Annie May McKenzie Young. She moved to the U.S. at age six and lived in Maine, graduating from Bangor High School in 1938. In 1950, she moved to Columbus, Indiana, and to Jackson County in 1974. She retired from The Republic in 1971 after 17 years and later worked at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour as a ward secretary. She was a member of Living Word Baptist Church and a former member of Shiloh Baptist Church and Taylorsville Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and served as treasurer. She and Terrell M. Turner Sr. were married June 5, 1965, at Taylorsville, by the Rev. Durward Hazzard. Mr. Turner died March 15, 2002. She is survived by one daughter, Cynthia Roxanne (Jeff) Hopkins of Seymour; two sons, William S. (Neola) Lord of Brown County and Terrell M. Turner Jr. of Indianapolis; one sister, Annie Terrill of Hermon, ME; four brothers, Dr. Edwin Young of Madison, WI, Stanley Young of Hermon, ME, Ellery and the Rev. Robert Treadwell of Bangor, ME; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She enjoyed quilt making, crocheting, cross stitch and jigsaw puzzles. She was an IU basketball fan. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a sister, Mary Berry of Florida; and a brother, Howard Treadwell of Maine. Funeral Information The funeral will be held Thursday, March 8, 2007, 10 a.m. at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home with Robert Franklin officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 7, 2007, from 4 to 8 p.m. and from 9 a.m. until service time Thursday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery. Donations Information Donations may be made to Alzheimers Research in memory of her late husband, Terrell M. Turner Sr. DirectionsVisitation:  Map to Funeral Home

Blanche Turner July 05, 1920 - March 04, 2007 Blanche E. Turner, 86, of Reddington passed away March 4, 2007, at the home of her son in Brown County. She was born in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, to William and Annie May McKenzie Young. She moved to the U.S. at age six and lived in Maine, graduating from Bangor High School in 1938. In 1950, she moved to Columbus, Indiana, and to Jackson County in 1974. She retired from The Republic in 1971 after 17 years and later worked at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour as a ward secretary. She was a member of Living Word Baptist Church and a former member of Shiloh Baptist Church and Taylorsville Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and served as treasurer. She and Terrell M. Turner Sr. were married June 5, 1965, at Taylorsville, by the Rev. Durward Hazzard. Mr. Turner died March 15, 2002. She is survived by one daughter, Cynthia Roxanne (Jeff) Hopkins of Seymour; two sons, William S. (Neola) Lord of Brown County and Terrell M. Turner Jr. of Indianapolis; one sister, Annie Terrill of Hermon, ME; four brothers, Dr. Edwin Young of Madison, WI, Stanley Young of Hermon, ME, Ellery and the Rev. Robert Treadwell of Bangor, ME; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She enjoyed quilt making, crocheting, cross stitch and jigsaw puzzles. She was an IU basketball fan. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a sister, Mary Berry of Florida; and a brother, Howard Treadwell of Maine. Funeral Information The funeral will be held Thursday, March 8, 2007, 10 a.m. at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home with Robert Franklin officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 7, 2007, from 4 to 8 p.m. and from 9 a.m. until service time Thursday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery. Donations Information Donations may be made to Alzheimers Research in memory of her late husband, Terrell M. Turner Sr. DirectionsVisitation:  Map to Funeral Home