June 17, 1934 – March 28, 2015
Blanche Marie Tilson, 80, of Sweet Home died March 28.
She was born June 17, 1934 in Reading, Pa. to Franklin and Alma (Zell) Marshall.
She moved to Sweet Home in 1964. Mrs. Tilson worked odd jobs here and there, but most of all she was a homemaker.
She loved the outdoors. She enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening.
Mrs. Tilson is survived by her children, Christine Riley of Sweet Home, William Bauman of Salem, Cindy Bauman of Stayton, Carol Zurfiuh of Salem, David Bauman of Lilliwaup,Wash., Linda Hoover of Ephrata, Pa., and Bob Roth of Pennsylvania; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her spouse, William Tilson (2011); and a son, Roy Allen Bauman (2009).