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Marianne Bland

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Marianne Bland, 86 year old resident of Gentry, Arkansas, died on June 2, 2018 at Siloam Springs Regional Hospital. She was born on September 12, 1931 in Depew, Oklahoma, to Robert Elijah Rogers and Beulah Ophelia Moore Rogers. Marianne moved to Rogers, Arkansas in 9th grade and graduated from Rogers High School. She married Glenn Bland and they had five children together. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from John Brown University in Siloam Springs. Marianne was an elementary school teacher for 22 years with the Decatur School District. She was a member of the Arkansas Retired Teachers Association, The Order of the Eastern Star, Rainbow Girls, and Senior Democrats. She was preceded in death by her grandson, Jesse Bland; and five siblings. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. She is survived by two daughters, Debbie Moore and husband Russell of Lincoln, Arkansas, and Jeanne Ann Whitmire Kamm and husband Kent of Van Buren, Arkansas; three sons, Jim Bland and wife Cara of McAlester, Oklahoma, John Bland and wife Barbara of Siloam Springs, and Jeff Bland and wife Leslie of Siloam Springs; nine grandchildren, Justin Bland and wife Liz, Mikey "Mac" Bland and wife Erica, Martin Moore, Katie Kamm and husband Andrew, Eli Bland, Ryli Middendorff and husband Jesper, Tyler Bland, Zane Bland, and Micah Bland; four great grandchildren, Ty Kamm, Lillian, London, and Lincoln Bland; and sister, Elizabeth DeGraff of San Diego, California. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs, with Pastor Tim Estes officiating. Burial will follow at Blagg Cemetery in Siloam Springs. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Wasson Funeral Home. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.wassonfuneralhome.com.

Published June 4, 2018

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