Rose Marie Blanchard

Mrs. Rose Marie Blanchard, 73, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Thursday, June 3, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Blanchard was born in Biloxi and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. She enjoyed riding the city buses and her three wheel bike. She was loved by all who knew her and she never met a stranger. She had been a resident of Ocean Springs Nursing Center for the past four years. Mrs. Blanchard was preceded in death by her parents, John Blanchard and Ola Weems Kelly. She is survived by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 7, 2010, at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Ocean Springs where friends may visit one hour before service time. Interment will follow in Crestlawn Memorial Park.