Calling(s)

Tuesday, February 21, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home - Wolcottville Chapel

Service

Thursday, February 23, 11:00 AM Graveside at Blankenship Family Cemetery in McDowell, Kentucky

Obituary

Alphia Marie Blankenship, 85, of Hudson died Saturday, February 18, 2017, in North Ridge Village, Albion.

She was born April 5, 1931, in Floyd County, Kentucky, to Andy and Huldy (Hamilton) Kiser.

Alphia married her brown-eyed handsome man, Mitch Blankenship on June 13, 1953, in Clintwood, Virginia. He preceded her in death in 1999.

She moved to this area in 1962, coming from Kentucky.

Mrs. Blankenship worked for Essex Wire in Ligonier for over 20 years, and retired from Starcraft Tent Division in Emma.

She dearly loved her grandkids and enjoyed playing Rook.

Surviving are a daughter, Janetta (Wilgus) Slone of Burr Oak, Michigan; two sons, Michael (Margaret) Blankenship of LaGrange and Doug (Jill) Blankenship of Hudson; six grandchildren, Brandon Blankenship, April Blankenship, Chad Blankenship, Travis (Vivian) Blankenship, Jennifer (Daniel) Kuhn, and Austin (Faith) Keck; 12 great-grandchildren, Briley, Walker, Luke, Lance, Logan, Matthew, Hannah, Ethan, Donavan, Madison, Dustin, and Ella; and a brother, Leonard (Connie) Kiser of Beaver, Kentucky.

She was also preceded in death by two sons, Donnie Blankenship and Ricky Blankenship; a grandson, Justin Slone; two sisters, Alma Doris Newsome and Arizona Blankenship; and six brothers, Cecil Kiser, Jr. Kiser, Bob Kiser, Arlee Kiser, Palmer Kiser, and Troy Kiser.

Calling will be Tuesday, February 21, 2017, from 2 to 6 p.m. in Young Family Funeral Home, Wolcottville Chapel, State Road 9 North, Wolcottville.

Graveside services will be Thursday, February 23, 2017, at 11 a.m. in the Blankenship Family Cemetery at McDowell, Kentucky.

Pallbearers will be Brandon Blankenship, Ryan Blankenship, Matthew Christensen, Daniel Kuhn, Travis Blankenship, and William Blankenship.

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