Pauline Blenkle

Pauline Blenkle, age 73, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at Fair View Transitional Health Center.

Private interment will be at Granite Hill Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Pauline was born March 17, 1937 in Afton, Wyoming to Loraine & Fern (Bassett) Anglesey. She was raised in Wyoming and moved to Utah where she married Julius Blenkle on March 10, 1950. In 1965 she moved from Ogden, Utah to Grants Pass.

Pauline was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church. She volunteered her time with the Girl Scouts, the PTA during her children’s school years, and as a firefighter in the Merlin/Hugo area. At rodeos, she rode horses that were difficult to ride.

Pauline dedicated her life to being a wife and mother and flew all over the world to be near her children at the births of her grandchildren. She loved to travel always wanting to be the driver of the car and was never in an accident. Her hobbies included quilting, horseback riding, camping, fishing, trips to the coast to walk on the beach, and playing board games, especially
“Aggravation.” She loved playing with her grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, Julius Blenkle of Grants Pass, Oregon; she is survived by four daughters, Linda Rigalout of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Rebecca Dollarhide of Grants Pass, Oregon, Teresa Koster of Portland, Oregon and Mary Beaton of Grants Pass, Oregon; a son, Randy Blenkle of Post Falls, Idaho; two sisters, Camilla Holbrook of Norfolk, Virginia and Bonnie McKinley of Salt Lake City, Utah; ten grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.