KENNETH LAWRENCE BLANCHARD

LAMAR- Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Daniel Funeral Home for Kenneth “Kenny” Blanchard, 43, Lamar, who died Thursday, April 4, 2024.

The family will receives friends prior to the service, beginning at 10 a.m.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include his father, Kerry Blanchard; his daughter, Amielia Blanchard and his brother, Josh Blanchard and wife Amanda, all of Lamar.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Patricia and his grandparents.

Mr. Blanchard was born Aug. 8, 1980, in Nevada, Mo., to Kerry Dewayne Blanchard and Patricia May (Schmitt) Blanchard.

He was employed as a house painter by Evans Paint in Joplin. He enjoyed painting, drawing, fishing and bluegrass music.