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Portrait of Ivan Joesph Blanchard
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Ivan Joesph Blanchard

November 10, 1953 – February 17, 2018
Lived 64 years
Kinkora, Prince Edward Island
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Son of Georgie and Henry Blanchard Ivan Joesph Blanchard born November 10, 1953. A loving husband and father of three children raised in Guelph Ontario. A daughter Melanie and two sons Brad and Timothy. A loving and very missed Grandfather of four grandchildren Zachary Kavelman (son of Melanie) and Owen Kavelman (son of Melanie) & Riley Blanchard (son of Brad) Kamyrn Blanchard (daughter of Timothy)

(sister(sister & of Georgie Blanchard (nee Perry) mother of Kensington and formerly of Kinkora. Born May, 7, 1977 married to the late Henry Blanchard of Kinkora. A family of 13 children. 10 girls and three boys. Dad was the second youngest of 13. Sister Alberta Gallant, Rustico; Anita (Rick), Vancouver; Rita (Eugene), Toronto; Shirley (Dave), Ontario; Marlene, Kensington; Emily, Kensington; Sandra (Aldon), Summerside; Eileen (Gary), Amherst; Linda (Eddie), Eleanor Steele of Kensington , Eleanor Steele of Kensington brothers Kenny (Marie), Amherst, and Wayne (Marina), Charlottetown. Predeceased by daughter Aunts and Uncles Eleanor Burgess, Ontario; Roma (Ted) Tidmarsh, Ontario and Thelma Harnett, Ontario. Survived by brothers-in-law Ted, Ontario and Louis, Charlottetown. Predeceased by three brothers, Edward, Urban and Raymond and by sisters, Bunny, Nellie and Florence. Also survived by 52 grandchildren and several great, great grandchildren.

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1953
Born November 10
1959
Ivan was 6 when the St. Lawrence Seaway opened
1962
Ivan was 9 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1972
Ivan was 19 when Paul Henderson's goal won the Summit Series against the Soviet Union
1980
Ivan was 27 when Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope across Canada
1991
Ivan was 38 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2002
Ivan was 49 when Canada's men won Olympic hockey gold for the first time in 50 years
2010
Ivan was 57 when Sidney Crosby's golden goal won Olympic gold in Vancouver
2018
Passed away February 17, age 64
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