Infant Joseph Jacob Blankenship, ten day old son of Brian and Melinda Bean
Blankenship of the Old Claremont Road in Charlestown died Friday, February
8, 2008 at the Children's Hospital in Boston.

He was born at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon on January 28,
2008.

The surviving family includes, besides his parents, his paternal
grandparents, George and Carolyn Blankenship of Claremont; his maternal
grandparents, Eugene and Charlene Desjardins of Charlestown also several
aunts, uncles and cousins including a very special aunt, Sherry Batchelder
of Springfield, VT.

A memorial service will be held Friday afternoon, February 15th at two
o'clock in the Stringer's Charlestown Memorial Chapel, 34 Main Street in
Charlestown with Rev. Father Stanley J. Piwowar, Pastor of St Joseph Church,
officiating.

Interment will be at a later date in the spring in Pine Crest Cemetery.