Blanche E. Orrell

	Blanche E. Orrell, 90, of Pinckneyville, formerly of Miami, Oklahoma, passed away at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at the Perry Manor in Pinckneyville.
	Blanche was a retired doctor office secretary.  She was a member of the Northwest Baptist Church in Miami, Oklahoma and the Womens Missionary Union of the church.
	She was born October 14, 1909 at Galena, Kansas, the daughter of Reuben and Jennie (Smith) Long.  She married Fred Osgood in 1930 and he passed away in 1965.  She then married Elmer Orrell in 1973 at Miami, Oklahoma and he passed away in 1986.
	 She is survived by one daughter, Janice Cheatham and husband Gary of DuQuoin; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
	She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, one son- Frank Osgood in 1984 and two sisters.
	Funeral services were Saturday, September 16 at 10 a.m. at the Northwest Baptist Church in Miami, Oklahoma with Rev. Clyde Stilley officiating.
	Friends called from 9 until 10 a.m. at the church on Saturday.  Friends called from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday at the Searby Funeral Home in DuQuoin.
	Interment was in the GAR Cemetery at Miami, Oklahoma.
	
