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Belleville Telescope 3 Jun 1993 page 5A
Blanche Stroup
Blanche Peter Stroup, daughter of Joseph and Anna Keptia Stroup, was born May 10 1900 on a farm near Wayne, and died Thursday May 27, 1993at the age of 93 years and 10 days.
She attended Turkey Creek, Agenda and Cuba schools graduating from Cuba High School in 1918.
She married Clyde Stafford, her first husband, and they had one daughter Irene.
In 1946 she united in marriage to Nathaniel Stroup and they resided in Belleville Until their deaths. He died June 24, 1981.
Mrs. Stroup was an accomplished musician, playing piano and piano accordion.
During the 1920s and 1930s she played with several orchestras and for a while a Nebraska radio station. She was also church pianist for a time.
In the 1920s she opened and operated a millinery shop in Cuba. Later she owned and operated Blanche's Beauty Shop in Cuba until the mid 19408 when she moved to Belleville. There she operated a beauty shop into the 1960s.
She was a member of the Cuba Presbyterian Church, and a former member of the VFW Auxiliary and Rebecca Lodge.
She spent the last seven years as a resident of Heartland Care Center in Belleville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Nathaniel; a sister, and a brother, Edward.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Giles (Irene) Mottl of San Bruno, Calif.; niece, Jean Ann Jeffries; grandsons, Richard and Kerry Mottl; six great-grandchildren; two great- great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 1 at the Presbyterian Church of Cuba, with Rev. Tom Ballard officiating. Burial was in Kopsa Cemetery, Cuba.
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1900 - 1993 (93 years)
