Patricia A. Blanchard, of Manitowoc, passed away in peace on Friday, August 23, 2024, surrounded by close family. Pat was born on November 9, 1947, to Louis and Mary Paral. She was the sixth of nine children and grew up on the family farm in Kewaunee County in Wisconsin. She graduated from Kewaunee High School in 1966 and earned her nursing degree at Holy Family Hospital School of Nursing in Manitowoc in 1969. Pat was a pediatric nurse at the Two Rivers Community Hospital. She was a longtime nurse at the Manitowoc Company. In 1969, Pat married Ray Blanchard, and they were married for 55-plus years, until she passed. She loved raising their three children, Christopher, Adam, and Ann.

She is survived by her husband, three children, and three grandchildren.

A memorial service of close family and friends was held, with burial at Evergreen Cemetery.