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Blanche Burch
Blanche Burch
Birth: 3 October 1884
Peru, Ohio, USA
Death: 15 October 1994
Mansfield, Ohio, USA
Age: 110 years, 12 days
Country: United StatesUSA
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Blanche Orpha Burch (née Shoemaker; 3 October 1884 – 15 October 1994) was an American woman notable for her longevity.

Biography[]

Blanche Orpha Shoemaker was born in Peru, Morrow, Ohio on 3 October 1884 as the daughter of Wellington and Lucy Sherwood Shoemaker. She married Lloyd Burch in Morrow, Ohio on 3 February 1909. The couple had four children: Thelma, Edwin, Arthur and Helen. She was widowed in 1942 and outlived all of her children.

Blanche Burch died in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio on 15 October 1994, aged 110 years, 12 days.

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