Walter Lee Deblanc, Sr.

Walter Lee DeBlanc, Sr., 78, of Ames, died Friday, August 10, 2012, at the Friendship Haven Rehabilitation Center in Friendswood.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 18, 2012, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Liberty with burial following at the Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Walter was born April 2, 1934 in Sour Lake, to parents; Walter Franklin DeBlanc and Lillian Terry, a former resident of Houston, and has resided in Ames for the past 15 years. He attended the Lincoln High School, was a veteran of the US Navy, a retired security guard for Pinkerton Security, former construction worker and taxi driver, and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Liberty. He also enjoyed fishing and watching the Astros and westerns.Mr. DeBlanc was preceded in death by his father: Walter Franklin DeBlanc, mother: Lillian Terry Brazier, wife of 47 years: Dorothy Mayo DeBlanc, and grandchildren: John Nathan Henry and Allen Walter Bailey. He is survived by his children: Regina Pinkney of Houston, Sandra Howard of Ames, Jeanne Wiggins and husband Michael of Manville, and Walter DeBlanc, Jr. of Ames, sister: Earnestine Chambers of Ames, niece: Mary Davis of MS, 34 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, three great great-grandchildren, and numerous other relatives, and friends.