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Blanche Clara Herritz

April 06, 1935 - January 01, 2023

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Obituary For Blanche Clara Herritz

MADISON - Blanche Herritz, age 87, passed away on January 1, 2023. She has four children, Kathy Jean (Russ) Doebert, Pam Krueger, Reggie (Tammy), and Susan (Dave) Specht. Blanche grew up in Lavalle, WI on the family farm. She was the youngest in her family of four brothers, Virgil, Bill, Clarence, and Fred and four sisters, Irene, Elizabeth, Leona, and Lorraine. Blanche married Milton Herritz and moved to Madison. She deeply loved Milton and cared for him during his battle with cancer until his death on October 27, 2012. She also had a young granddaughter, Angela Krueger, who passed away.

Throughout Blanche’s life she has cared for people by working in hospitals and finally retiring from Central Colony in Madison where she had worked for 35 years. In retirement, Blanche continued to help others by knitting and crocheting lap quilts for veterans, prayer shawls, hats for preemies and hats for cancer patients and soldiers. She has always helped people at her church by working at the food pantry, lefse dinners, singing in the church choir and helping with alter guild. Blanche was also a member of the American Legion Unit 243.

Despite severe chronic back and leg pain, she always tried to help those in need. She always was friendly and cheerful, despite her own health issues. Blanche loved knitting, crocheting, drawing, cooking and gardening. She had a pet cat named Buffy for 23 years and after he passed, she got two kittens who she called her new little children. She loved animals and flowers.

Blanche Herritz was a loving mother who was greatly loved and admired by her children and grandchildren, including, April Doebert Fischer, Ashley Doebert, Adam Doebert, Crystal, Richard, and Sara Schmid, Zach, Jordan, Ryan and Suzie Herritz, and Heather and Rachel Specht and great grandchildren. Blanche was a positive role model to everyone she met. Her generosity and kindness will be missed by her family and friends. She was a beautiful and gracious person who now sings in God’s heavenly choir.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, January 6, 2023 at LAKEVIEW LUTHERAN CHURCH, 4001 Mandrake Road, Madison. A visitation will be held from 10:00AM until time of service on Friday at the church. Final resting place at Lakeview Lutheran Cemetery.

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6 Jan

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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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6 Jan

Funeral Service

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Lakeview Lutheran Church 4001 Mandrake Road Madison, Wi 53704 Get Directions »
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  • Red and White Floor Basket

    Red and White Floor Basket was sent for Blanche Clara Herritz - January 03, 2023

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  • January 06, 2023

    Irma Smith

    My deepest sympathies in the loss of your mom, grandma, great-grandma. I never met Blanche, but she worked with my mom at CWC.

  • January 06, 2023

    Carol Duren

    Sorry for your loss. She was such a wonderful person. I enjoyed working with Blanche at the Center. Carol Duren

  • January 05, 2023

    Fayth Kail

    A wonderful, caring woman, hardest worker at CWC. I know, I did her timesheets. So sorry for your loss. Fayth Kail

  • January 04, 2023

    Joanne Cotter

    So sorry for your loss. Blanche was a beautiful person. I knew Blanche through Lakeview Lutheran Church. She always volunteered when needed and was easy to talk to. She did not complain when she was in a lot of pain. I will miss her.

  • January 04, 2023

    barbara baggs

    Soooo sorry for the Herritz family. I talked to her many times at Reggie's house in Madison RIP-Barbara and Rick Baggs.

  • January 03, 2023

    Sue

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