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Sister Margaret Blanch, S.A.

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Sister Margaret Blanch, S.A., a nurse who served at Graymoor in Garrison, died Nov. 23 at Youville Home in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. She was 90.

She served twice at Graymoor, at Mother Lurana Home, 1970-1982, and from 1949 to 1963, caring for infirm women at St. Elizabeth’s Home. She also served in parish ministry in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and in Utah and Maine.

Born in Stratton, Ontario, Canada, she entered the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement at Garrison in 1947, making final vows in 1953.

A sister, Frances Heffernan, survives her. A Funeral Mass was offered Dec. 6 at Santa Maria Goretti Church in Edmonton, Alberta. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Edmonton.

Sister Margaret Blanch, S.A.