Kathleen Marie Blanchard

1950 - 2022  (72 years)

• Name	Kathleen Marie Blanchard
  Birth	7 Apr 1950	Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Dec 2022	Jonesboro, Craighead, AR
  	Kathleen Marie Trolinger, 72 of Jonesboro passed from this life Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She had lived in St. Louis before moving to Jonesboro in April of this year. She was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Walter and Glennie Blanchard on April 7, 1950. Kathleen graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1969. She also graduated from ASU with a bachelors degree in music education. She got her master's degree in pastoral care from St. Aquinas School of Theology. Kathleen worked at Bethesda Medical Center as Chaplain and at Barnes Jewish Hospital as a music therapist. She was an oblate of School Sisters of Notre Dame in St. Louis. Kathleen was also a liturgist, pianist at St. Joachim & Ann parish in St. Peters Missouri. She was a nun at Holy Angels Convent from 1969-1978. Kathleen enjoyed playing the piano, taking adult art classes, reading and traveling. Kathleen is preceded in death by her parents and her sister Pat Foster. Survivors include her husband, Jerry Trolinger of the home; stepdaughter, Jessica Lynn Trolinger of St. Louis; sister, Barbara Barnett (Mike) of Jonesboro; brothers, Walter (Kathy) Blanchard of Texarkana, Texas, Rev. Michael (Nancy) Blanchard of Atkins, Arkansas, John Blanchard of New York City and brother-in-law Dean Foster. Kathleen also has a host of nieces and nephews who loved her very much. There will be a Rosary with Deacon Bob Bennett at Emerson Memorial Chapel on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 7:00 PM. After the Rosary there will be a visitation until 8:30 PM A service will be held Monday, December 12, 2022 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church at 10 AM Honored to serve as pallbearers are Kevin Barnett, Jeffrey Barnett, Todd Foster and Roger Hood. In lieu of flowers please donate to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 252 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105 Published by Emerson Funeral Home - Jonesboro on Dec. 9, 2022.
  Person ID	I25861	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family	Jerry Dean Trolinger
  Family ID	F9079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

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  Birth - 7 Apr 1950 - Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM Death - 7 Dec 2022 - Jonesboro, Craighead, AR  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  JONESBORO - Mrs. Glennie Juanita Tolley Blanchard, 83, passed away Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born June 8, 1927, in Judsonia to the late Glen and Susan Tolley. She had lived in Jonesboro for 48 years and was formerly of Livermore, Calif. She was a homemaker and member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, and she was a volunteer for Motherhood of Jonesboro. She enjoyed traveling and spending time with her grandchildren and family. She is survived by three sons, Walter Blanchard III (Kathy) of Texarkana, Texas, Michael Blanchard (Nancy) of Dallas and John Blanchard of New York; three daughters, Patricia Foster (Dean) of Jonesboro, Kathleen Trolinger (Jerry) of St. Peters, Mo., and Barbara Barnett (Mike) of Jonesboro; one brother, Loran Haney (Shelby) of Jonesboro; a sister-in-law, Elaine Haney of O'Fallon, Ill.; four sisters, Thelma Cooper of South Haven, Mich., Wilma Taylor (Gary) of Lakeland, Fla., Mary Fisher (Leonard) of Lakeland and Emily Watson (Ed) of Jonesboro; eight grandchildren, Todd Foster (Brooke) of Strawberry, Michelle Monroe (Sayer) of Katy, Texas, Justin Blanchard (Allison) of Siloam Springs, and Andrew Barnett, Amy Barnett, Jeffrey Barnett, Jessica Barnett and William Barnett, all of Jonesboro; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Walter Blanchard Jr.; a brother, Jesse Haney; and a sister, Lillie Fry. A celebration of her life will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with the Rev. Jack Vu officiating. Burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery under the direction of Gregg Funeral Home of Jonesboro. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. A rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. Honored to serve as pallbearers are Tim Witt, Jeff Lee, Paul Davison, Charlie Witt, A.C. Williams and Ronnie Davison, and as honorary pallbearers, members of Motherhood of Jonesboro and her grandchildren. The family requests lasting memorials to the Ridgefield Christian School or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.