1949
Claudia
2016
Claudia Lynn Wender
April 20, 1949 — January 20, 2016
Claudia Lynn Blankenship Wender, 66, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV.
Lynn, as most of her friends and family knew her, was born April 20, 1949 at Man, WV the daughter of the late James C. Blankenship, Jr and Virginia Lee Lambert Blankenship. The family moved to Oak Hill from Princeton in 1964.
Lynn was a 1967 graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill where she was active in numerous organizations and student government. She was a 1971 graduate of Concord College where she was member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority serving as president for two years. She attended Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Oak Hill.
An accomplished self-taught pen and ink artist, Lynn did several postal caches and commissioned drawings including the Altamont, which hangs in the corridor of the Fayette County Courthouse. She was a former teacher for the Fayette County Board of Education and for several years, volunteered as an art teacher at SS Peter and Paul Catholic School.
A daughter, Jennifer Lynn Wender preceded her in death.
Survivors include one son, David A. Wender and fiancée, Violet Russell of Blacksburg, VA; a brother, James C. Blankenship, III and his wife, Sarah of Fayetteville; and three grandchildren, Sophia, Audrey and Timothy. Lynn very much loved her family and her niece and nephew, Hope and James.
In accordance with her wishes, Lynn was cremated. Graveside services will be held at 2 PM Friday, March 25, 2016 at High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill with Father Roy Gene Crist and Melanie Dragan officiating.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Jennifer Wender Scholarship Fund/ OHHS-CHS Alumni Association c/o The Beckley Area Foundation 129 Main Street – Suite 301, Beckley, WV 25801
Online condolences may be sent at www.tyreefuneralhome.com
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, WV
Lynn, as most of her friends and family knew her, was born April 20, 1949 at Man, WV the daughter of the late James C. Blankenship, Jr and Virginia Lee Lambert Blankenship. The family moved to Oak Hill from Princeton in 1964.
Lynn was a 1967 graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill where she was active in numerous organizations and student government. She was a 1971 graduate of Concord College where she was member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority serving as president for two years. She attended Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Oak Hill.
An accomplished self-taught pen and ink artist, Lynn did several postal caches and commissioned drawings including the Altamont, which hangs in the corridor of the Fayette County Courthouse. She was a former teacher for the Fayette County Board of Education and for several years, volunteered as an art teacher at SS Peter and Paul Catholic School.
A daughter, Jennifer Lynn Wender preceded her in death.
Survivors include one son, David A. Wender and fiancée, Violet Russell of Blacksburg, VA; a brother, James C. Blankenship, III and his wife, Sarah of Fayetteville; and three grandchildren, Sophia, Audrey and Timothy. Lynn very much loved her family and her niece and nephew, Hope and James.
In accordance with her wishes, Lynn was cremated. Graveside services will be held at 2 PM Friday, March 25, 2016 at High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill with Father Roy Gene Crist and Melanie Dragan officiating.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Jennifer Wender Scholarship Fund/ OHHS-CHS Alumni Association c/o The Beckley Area Foundation 129 Main Street – Suite 301, Beckley, WV 25801
Online condolences may be sent at www.tyreefuneralhome.com
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, WV
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