Susan Lynn Blanchard

Susan Lynn Blanchard passed away on April 3, 2023, at Asante Hospital in Medford, Oregon with her family by her side. Born Susan Lynn Gehring on October 17, 1955, to Barbara Maxine Gehring (Foltz) and Llewelyn (Lou) Melbert Gehring, she was preceded in death by both of her parents and her brother Frederick Lester Gehring. She is survived by her husband Larry Blanchard, her daughter Carolyn Baldwin, her grandson Jonathan Qualls, her sister Patricia Ann Depew.

Susan graduated from Klamath Union High School in June of 1973. She obtained her Associate’s degree in Secretarial Science from Oregon Institute of Technology in June of 1975.

She married her husband, and love of her life, Larry Blanchard on June 28, 1975. They welcomed their child, Carolyn Ann Baldwin, to their world on April 23, 1979. Carolyn later had Susan’s first grandchild, Jonathan Barton Qualls, from her first marriage and gave Susan four more wonderful grandchildren, Daisy, Morgan, Haylee and Isaac Baldwin from her second marriage to Donny Baldwin.

Susan will be laid to rest at Siskiyou Memorial Park on April 21, 2023.