Laurinburg, NC
Blanche Ann Schuster, 83, passed away Monday, July 1, 2013 at the residence of her daughter, Carol Gibson.
A memorial service will be at a later date in St. Charles, MO where she will be buried beside her husband, Frederick Schuster at St. Charles Memorial Gardens.
She is survived by her daughters, Carol A. Gibson (Freddie) of Laurinburg and Susan V. Saale of St. Louis, MO; her siblings, Anna Sprague of The Villages, FL, Helen Rivell (Robert) of The Villages, FL, Irene Nye (Dave) of East Andover, NH, Kathleen Zill (Paul) of South Salem, NY, Ron Bierczynski (Vicky) of Inverness, FL, and a brother-in-law, David Donovan of Smyrna, DE; her grandchildren, Heather M. Saale, Stephanie A. Saale, and Eric C. Saale of St. Charles, and Lauren E. Saale of Troy, MO; step-grandchildren, Freddie L. Gibson, Jr. (Lisa) of Laurel Hill and Kenneth L. Gibson (Chasity) of Bennettsville, SC; a great grandchild, Norah A. Saale Cunningham; and several nieces and nephews and step grandchildren and step great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Jeanne Donovan.
She was born August 8, 1929 in Wilmington, DE, the first of seven children to Bronislaw J. and Anna C. Kopanski Bierczynski. In 1978 she and her late husband moved to St. Charles, MO where she lived until moving in with her Carol and Freddie Gibson in October 2008. From there she traveled to visit her sisters and brother in Florida and just returned from visiting her daughter, Susan, in St. Charles for Mother's Day where she held her great granddaughter.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Scotland County, PO Box 1033, Laurinburg, NC 28353.
A visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium.
Read Blanche Schuster's Obituary and Guestbook on www.mcdougald.com.