OBITS: Sturgis News, 1998 - Union Co Copied with permission of The Sturgis News, Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky, Wednesday, January 14, 1998, Number 2. 113th year. Obits on page 2. MARTHA MADELINE HAZEL BLANFORD Martha Madeline Hazel Blanford, 65, West Point, KY formerly of Sturgis, died Wednesday, January 7th at 10:17am at her residence. She is preceded in death by her husband Gordon Anthony Blanford in 1981, her son, Tony Blanford in 1979, and a daughter, Connie Sue Blanford in 1961. Survivors include five daughters, Patsy Duke, Kathy Spalding, Flavia Morris, Evelyn Robinson, all of West Point, and Martha Ballard of Louisville; one son, Joseph Blanford of Holt, Michigan; one brother, Raymond Hazel of Dekoven; 17 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Services were at 10am Saturday at St. Francis Borgia Church in Sturgis, with Fr. Tom Clark officiating. Burial was in Hazel Bend Cemetery in Union County. From: Maria Troutman Date: 27 Jan 1998