NOTE: Obituary and tombstone have Blanche's last name as Amos. The cemetery burial card and interment listing have her last name as VanPool.
Washington Observer-Reporter Sept 15, 1983
Blanche Marie Amos, 59, of 116 South Pine Street, Ellsworth, died unexpectedly at 12:32 a.m. Wednesday, September 14, 1983, in Mon Valley Hospital.
She was born June 29, 1924, in Bellsville, Michigan, the daughter of James B. and Blanche Wright Iams. She was Protestant.
She had been a resident of Ellsworth for 15 years. She was employed as a barmaid at the Polish Club in Bentleyville.
She was a member of the Eagles Auxilary No. 1809 and the Polish Club Auxiliary, both of Bentleyville.
Surviving are three daughters, Mary Lee Ravitch of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Barr (Mary Lou) Matay of Bentleyville R.D.1 and Mrs. Jeffrey (Audrey) Schaffer of West Middlesex; four sons, Thomas E. Barker of Ponca City Okla., Robert J. Barker of Wichita, Kansas, Raymond G. Doris of Sharon and Lloyd K. Amos at home; two step-children, Charles Amos of California state and Mrs. Howard (Debra) Dean of Scenery Hill; twin brother, Floyd Iams of Wheeling, W. Va., and Lloyd Iams of Bradenton, Fla.; 15 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Her husband, James M. Amos, died May 17, 1968. Also deceased are one stepson, Richard Amos; one brother, Jack Iams; and two sisters, Zelma Berryman and Orilla Engle.
Family Members
Parents
James Burns Iams
1885–1959
Blanche Elizabeth Wright Iams
1888–1957
Spouses
James Melvin Amos
1919–1968
Arthur Stewart Barker*
1927–1964 (m. 1948)
Siblings
Orilla Iams Engle*
1910–1936
Kempton Iams*
1913–1914
Ross Lewis Iams*
1917–1920
Lloyd Dennis Iams*
1927–2005
Floyd Henry Iams*
1927–2006
Jack Carl Iams*
1959–1959
Children
Thomas Edward Barker*
1949–1993
Robert James Barker*
1951–2016
