Blanche Corey, 89, of Kingsford Heights, IN, died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at Miller’s Health and Rehabilitation, LaPorte.
She was born Oct. 9, 1925, in Alexander County, IL, to Curtis Ira and Dixie Marie (Brown) Dayton.
Blanche was a member of Lighthouse Assembly of God Church and American Legion Auxiliary.
On Dec. 21, 1947, she married Kenneth Leroy Corey, who preceded her in death in 2000.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; son, Danny L. Corey; great-grandchild, Makenna; brother, William Dayton; and sister, Anna Mae Nash.
Surviving are her beloved children, Retha (Joe) Mattox of Kingsford Heights, Beverly (Dave) Hand of Kingsford Heights, Kathy (Steven) King of LaPorte and Darrell L. (Sharon) Corey of Kingsford Heights; sisters, Velma Samms and Mattie Vaughn, both of Hymera, IN, Dorothy Swalls of Lewis, IN, Rita (Jim) Jessup of Rantoul, IL, and Brenda (Bill) Bedwell of Patoka, IN; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and brother, Waine (Dorothy) Dayton of Kingsford Heights.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at Cutler Funeral Home and Cremation Center, LaPorte, with Pastor Doug Hawkins officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 11 a.m. until the service. Burial will follow the service at Tracy Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the family of Blanche Corey, c/o Beverly Hand, 2900 Monroe St., LaPorte, IN 46350.
Messages of condolence may be posted below on WNLP, as well as at www.cutlerfuneralhome.com.