Marie Jean Blachford | November 24, 1935 - November 18, 2020
Obituaries-Pierre / Posted Nov 20, 2020 | 9:33 AM / 754 views
Marie Jean Blachford, 84, of Orient, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 23, 2020 at Reck Funeral Home, Miller, with Rev. Brian Jones officiating. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the funeral. Burial will be at Prairie View Cemetery, Orient. Masks are required at the service.
The funeral service will be livestreamed on the funeral home website.
Marie Jean was born November 24, 1935 in Arlington, South Dakota to Delbert and Agnes (Brudvig) Spencer. She graduated from DeSmet High School. On November 9, 1952, she married Marlin Fischer in DeSmet. To this union, three children were born: Marla, Katheryn, and Jeffrey. Marlin and Marie later divorced. On December 4, 1972, she married Howard Blachford at the Orient Lutheran Church. To this union, two sons were born: Clayton and Matthew.
While living in Miller, Marie worked at the Northside Café, JC Penney, Habicht’s Department Store, Rexall Drug, and served as deputy treasurer for Hand County.
After she and Howard married, she enjoyed her time on the Blachford Ranch in the Orient Hills. She joined the Jolly Wrens Extension Club, served as President of the Faulkton School Board, was Sunday School teacher, and an active member of the Orient Lutheran Church. She enjoyed volunteering with both the Literacy Council and 4-H shooting sports program.
In Marie’s free time, she was an avid reader, collector of cookbooks, tended to her flower gardens, planted a vegetable garden, canned vegetables, and traveled extensively within the United States and Internationally. She had a love for family history and genealogy. But most of all, she loved and cherished her family; they were the most important people in her life.
Grateful to have shared in her life are her husband, Howard of Orient; children: Marla Fischer Nelson of Sioux Falls, Jeffrey (Heidi) Fischer of Brookings, Clayton (Jacqueline) Blachford of Northville, and Matthew (Cassandra) Blachford of Orient; 11 grandchildren: Amy (Joseph) Ryan, Kyle (Lindsey) Fischer, Ambur (Tyler) Zmuda, Ryan Fischer, Michael (Jill) Houtman, Patrick (Dottie) Houtman, Lucas (Jessica) Houtman, Aaron Blachford, Tara Blachford, Sean Hauck, and Lydia Blachford; 14 great grandchildren: Keira, McKenzie, Jordin, Ashlin, Autumn, Atlas, Adriyanna, Eleanor, Harrison, Suttyn, Raven, Emma, Ellyn, and Brayden. Sister, Mary (Bernie) Tyrrell of Sioux Falls; and sisters-in-law, Marcy Spencer of Huron and Irene (Dan) Poss of Eden; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Katheryn Fischer; grandson, Eric Robinson; sisters: Delores (Kenneth) Corbin, Peggy (Lyle) Lorenz, and Gracie (Roger) Lorenz; and brothers: Delbert Spencer, Jr. and Richard Spencer.
Reck Funeral Home of Miller has been entrusted with Marie’s arrangements.
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