BORN

1939

DIED

2016

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5005 SE 29th Street

Del City, Oklahoma

Shirley (Swan) Blankinship Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 2, 2017.

.Shirley Lee Blankinship, 77, passed away on December 31, 2016. She was born on September 4, 1939 in Pawhuska, OK to Rollins Robert and Juanita June (Johnson) Swan.

Shirley enjoyed gardening, crocheting, ceramics, watching RFD and HDTV and spending time with her beloved family. She was the strong matriarch of the Blankinship family and will be deeply missed by all that knew and loved her.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband, Jack; sister, Pat Decker. Survivors include her children, Janet Council (Paul), Jackie Blankinship (Robert Moody), Bob Blankinship (Sherri), Jody Harris; grandchildren, Jennifer Garrison (Gregg), Jamie Carey (Dale), Christopher and Matthew Lee, Robbie Blankinship (Stefanie Ellis), Robin Trotter (Jerrami), Jeni Petersen (Jeremy), Randi Rae and Brice Clark; great-grandchildren, Avery Dockrey, Emery Garrison, Jacksen Jacobs, Caitlynn and Bennett Carey, Hunter Ellis, Dolton Blankinship, Pure Elizabeth Blankinship, Larrami Trotter, Paislee Petersen; siblings, Jim Swan (Kathy), Robert "Butch" Swan, Rick Swan (Sharon), Sherry Clickner.

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the Bill Eisenhour Southeast Chapel. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in Norman, OK.

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January 4, 2017

J

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

January 4, 2017

T C

My deepest sympathies to the Blankinship family for the loss of Shirley. May God's Word strengthen you during this time of mourning. (Isa. 41:10,13)

January 3, 2017

Rollins (AKA Tater) Swan

I will miss her laugh and smile. She was always good to me. I will miss her chewing my butt out with her cigarette hanging out of her mouth and never dropping the 1" to 2" ash still holding on.

Tater Swan

January 3, 2017

May God's loving kindness comfort you and help you through this sad time Psalms 29:11

January 3, 2017

I send my deepest sympathy to the family of Shirley, for her passing. It is in times like these when the loving promises of our Heavenly Father can bring us some comfort and can ease some of the pain that we may be feeling in our hearts.-1st Thessalonians 4:13,14
DS

January 3, 2017

I am very sorry for your loss. May the God of tender mercies strengthen and comfort you during this difficult time.
2 Corn. 1:3,4

January 2, 2017

My deepest condolences to Shirley's family. Praying for peace, healing and continued great memories of Shirley!
Love,
Tammy Vaughn

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