Blanche Stufflebeam

September 13, 1923 - May 16, 2018

Blanche Stufflebeam, 94, of Solon, Iowa and former resident of Bloomfield, Iowa passed away on May 16, 2018 at the Solon Retirement Village. She was born September 13, 1923 in Davis County, Iowa to Clay and Pearl Bolwar Dearborn. She married Homer Stufflebeam on December 31, 1947 in Bloomfield. Homer passed away on June 7, 2005. Blanche graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1941 and attended college at the University of Northern Iowa and the University of Iowa. She was a rural school teacher in Davis County for many years, worked as a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell in Ottumwa, and worked at the Davis County Middle School Library, retiring in 1988. She is survived by her son, Dennis Stufflebeam of Waverly, Iowa and a brother, Otis Dearborn of Bloomfield. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 21, 2018 at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the service on Monday. Burial will follow the service at the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Davis County Middle School Library.