Blanche was raised by her adoped or foster parents, Edward Kelsey and Mary A. Walrod. The obituary is conflicting in both the parentage and her name. Maybe her birth name was Pauline Collar and then she took the surname of her "other" parents, the Kelsey's. Also, "Blanche" may have been a nickname. The Laurens Village Cemetery listing has her as "Blanche Kelsey Turp.
The Otsego Farmer
July 30, 1920
Florence Collar Turp
Florence Collar, wife of Albert Turp of Milford, died at the home of her adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelsey of Laurens village, on Monday afternoon, June 26th. She had been ill of tuberculosis for many months. She was about thirty years of age and is survived by her husband and son, Stanley, and by her foster parents. The funeral was held on Wednesday at 2 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey with burial at Laurens cemetery.—Our Laurens Reporter.
Blanche was raised by her adoped or foster parents, Edward Kelsey and Mary A. Walrod. The obituary is conflicting in both the parentage and her name. Maybe her birth name was Pauline Collar and then she took the surname of her "other" parents, the Kelsey's. Also, "Blanche" may have been a nickname. The Laurens Village Cemetery listing has her as "Blanche Kelsey Turp.
The Otsego Farmer
July 30, 1920
Florence Collar Turp
Florence Collar, wife of Albert Turp of Milford, died at the home of her adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelsey of Laurens village, on Monday afternoon, June 26th. She had been ill of tuberculosis for many months. She was about thirty years of age and is survived by her husband and son, Stanley, and by her foster parents. The funeral was held on Wednesday at 2 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey with burial at Laurens cemetery.—Our Laurens Reporter.
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