Blanche Birch

Blanche Birch Gladewater -- Blanche Delores (Zebro) Birch, age 88, moved to heaven the morning of March 29, 2012. A celebration of her life will be held at Triumphant Christian Center, 1412 Preston Street, Longview, Texas with Pastors Jan Simmons and Billy Teague on April 7, 2012 at 10:30am. Her ashes will be buried next to her husband in the Veterans National Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona. She was born on June 23, 1923 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Joseph and Alma Zebro. She graduated from high school and married Gene Worden Birch on June 4, 1941. She and Gene were married 48 years at the time of his passing in 1990. Blanche moved to Texas to be with her children shortly thereafter. Her parents, her siblings, her husband and two granddaughters precede her in death. She is survived by three sons, Ret. Chief Petty Officer Gene C. Birch of Northome, Minnesota, Laurence L. Birch and his wife Jane of Gladewater, Texas and Kim D. Birch. Blanche lived with her daughter, Rev. Rebecca Birch Adams and her husband John Adams of Gladewater, Texas; She is blessed with three grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.