Hometown: Lowell, MA
Family: She is survived by her infant daughter, Kassidy, of Tacoma, WA; her father, Robert Blanchard, and his companion, Janet, of Laconia, N.H.; her mother, Shirley Blanchard, and her companion, Don, of Lowell, MA; her paternal grandfather, Clarence E. Blanchard, Sr., of Hope Sound, FL; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was predeceased by her paternal grandmother, Mildred Blanchard, and by her maternal grandparents, Shirley and Arthur Maniatis, Sr.