Blanche G. Cantrell

Blanche G. Cantrell died mid-afternoon on August 21 at Temecula Valley Hospital of a severe heart attack suffered early that morning. Blanche was born the second of five children to John J. and Margaret (Dulong) Griffin in 1920 in Reading, Mass.

After graduating high school, Blanche met her future husband Dennis while he was participating in the Marine Corps rifle and pistol matches, preparatory to the national matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. Not wanting to give her real name to a stranger when they first met, Blanche told him her name was 'Mickey'. It turned out the name stuck and it was as Mick...