Peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, at the Prince County Hospital on Friday, May 31, 2013, of Blanche M. Cairns (nee Dawson) of North Tryon, age 86 years.
Beloved wife of the late Hillus Cairns. Loving mother of Elaine (Noel) Potts, Argyle Shore; Don, North Tryon; Grace (Joe) Tennina, Calgary; Wayne (Lori), Saskatoon; and Janet (Leonard) Rogers, Cornwall. Dear grandmother of Andrew (Jill) Potts, Argyle Shore; Amanda Potts, Argyle Shore: Shawn Cairns, AB; Ryan Cairns, Halifax; Jennifer Chocholacek, Calgary; Felicia Schnurr, Saskatoon; Amber (Wesley) Jackson, Sylvania, SK; Matthew and Lacey Rogers, Cornwall; and great-grandmother to Jessica Cairns, Austin, Nolan and Addison Potts, Presley and Brooklyn Schnurr and Chance Jackson. Also survived by her sisters, Jennie Matthews, Summerside; Georgina (James) Paynter, London, ON; Margaret Newsome, North Tryon; Bertie (Sterling) Thompson, Belmont; Mary (Doug) Howatt, Westmoreland; Helen (Delbert) Smith, Trenton, ON; sister-in-law, Erma Dawson; and several nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by her parents, Murdock and Grace (nee Francis) Dawson; granddaughter, Grace Potts; sisters, Mildred Harvey, and Louise Thomson; brothers, James, Bennett and Harvey Dawson; and brothers-in-law, Ralph Harvey, Alvin Matthews, Charles Thomson, Richard Newsome, Ira Cairns, Eldon Francis; and sister-in-law, Hazel Francis.
Resting at the Dawson Funeral Home, Crapaud, with visiting hours Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9. Funeral service from the North Tryon Presbyterian Church on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Interment in church cemetery.
If so desired, memorial donations to North Tryon Presbyterian Church Building Fund or PCH Foundation would be greatly appreciated.

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