Kathleen Dillon Blankenship
, North Carolina
October 8, 2026
Born November 23 1921 in Lewisburg Kentucky Kathleen Dillon Blankenship went to be with the Lord on Friday October 9 2026. Preceded in death by her parents Exie and Erval Dillon a sister Meredith a brother John T. Dillon her husband Lenual L. Blankenship and a sister Wilma D. Jackson. Survived by her son David Blankenship her daughter Karen Talak and soninlaw Frank Talak a son Keith Blankenship her grandchildren Kelley Ewing Adam Lauren Price Evan Erika Blankenship. great grandchildren Noah and Luke Price and numerous extended family members and friends. Kathleen graduated from Lewisburg High School in 1940. She attended and graduated from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in home economics in 1944. She paid her college tuition by working summers at DELCO a division of General Motors in Dayton Ohio and during her four years of college she worked in the school library and…