Ella Blanche Stewart

Ella Blanche Stewart, 82, of Gallipolis, formerly of Middleport, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born August 12, 1929 in Cheshire, Ohio, daughter of the late Earl E. and Henrietta G. Gardner Hayman. Blanche worked for the Middleport Police Department. Surviving are her five children, Thomas Stewart of Cincinnati, Ella Roush, Roger Stewart, Tammy Thomas and Sheri Wilson, all of Middleport; 11 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; two sisters, Emma Edmunds of Gallipolis and Edie (Donald) Hooper of Hanover, Pennsylvania. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother Early Hayman and a half sister Bessie Saxton. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 5, 2011 at the Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will follow in Reynolds Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, November 4, 2011 from 5-7 p.m. Cemetery: Reynolds Cemetery Visitation: Willis Funeral Home, Friday, November 4, 2011 5-7 p.m. Service: Willis Funeral Home, Saturday, November 5, 2011 1:00 p.m.