None Elizabeth Blanchard

Elizabeth Dunston (Watson) Blanchard, a resident of Westwood for over 15 years, and formerly of Needham, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.  She was 91.  Betty was born November 23, 1920 in Great Neck, New York, one of the two children of Carl Hawley and Elizabeth Jeanne (Dunston) Watson.  She was a graduate of the Convent of the Sacred Heart’s Eden Hall in Torresdale, Pennsylvania, and of Manhattanville College in New York City.  Betty was a member of the Garden Club of America, the Dedham Choral Society, and the Norfolk Hunt Club in Dover.  Betty was the former wife of the late F. Henry Ellis Jr., the wife of the late John A. “Jack” Blanchard, and the sister of the late Carl Hedrick Watson.  She was also predeceased by her companion of seven years, Arthur F.F. Snyder.  She is survived by her seven children, Katherine de Saulles Ellis of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Elizabeth Dunston Ellis of Sante Fe, New Mexico, Franklin Henry Ellis III of Jamaica Plain, Margot McClintock Ellis of Tucson, Arizona, Laura Lawson Ellis Milliken of Sante Fe, New Mexico, Mimi Ellis Storey of Essex, and Hedrick Watson Ellis of Arlington; 14 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren.  A Memorial Service will be held Monday, August 6, 2012 at 11 AM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 59 Court Street, Dedham.