Blanche Wehmeyer

THEBES, Ill. — Blanche Elzora Wehmeyer, 94, of Thebes passed away Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Aug. 26, 1930, to Amos Franklin and Lucy Mae Shaver Bledsoe in Alexander County, Illinois. On May 12, 1947, she married the love of her life, Robert Winston Wehmeyer, and together they spent more than 63 years with one another until his passing in 2010.

Blanche was a lifetime member of what is now Alexander Free Will Baptist Church. Other memberships include Beech Grove Ladies Aid and Thebes Historical Society. She spent her working career at Woolworths, Homestead and Super X Pharmacy.

Survivors include her son, Bill (Debbie) Wehmeyer; grandchildren, Sherri (Donnie) Blaney, Bryan (Stacy) Wehmeyer, Shawn Grubb, LaDonna (Jacqueline) Harper Grubb, Darren (Jessica) Wehmeyer and Brock (Sasha) Wehmeyer; honorary granddaughter, Sabrina McAllister; 12 great-grandchildren, Brandon (Briana), April (Corlis), Brooke, Katashia, Sydney, Bryce, Keisha, Kristen, Megan, Ainsley, Emma and Elijah; and 11 great great-grandchildren, Westyn, Rhys, Grant, Tate, Elijah, Kaylee, Leslie, Londynn, Maddie, Avery and Delilah.

Along with her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son, Robert “Buddy” Wehmeyer; two daughters, Becky Wehmeyer and Brenda Grubb; one grandson, Donnie Wayne Grubb Jr.; and siblings, Roy Bledsoe, Lloyd Bledsoe, Frank Bledsoe and Wanda Buckman.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Dec. 9, at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois.

Funeral will be at noon Monday, Dec. 9, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Sam Ramdial officiating. Interment will follow the funeral service at Rose Hill Cemetery in Thebes.

Southeast Missourian