Blanche M. Pratt

Monday, May 4, 2015 - 12:26

Blanche M. Pratt, the former owner of Candy Kraft Candies, died on Sunday, March 22, 2015. She was 96.

She is survived by her son, Alton Durfee Jr., and his wife, Suzanne; her grandchildren, Denise Durfee, and Sonya Perillo, and her husband, Scott, and Darrell Durfee, and his wife, Rhonda; her nephew, Dwight Sickler, and his wife, Kathy; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Her husband, Loren Pratt, died before her, as did her son, Dennis Durfee, and her granddaughter, Stephanie Schmidt.

A memorial service will be held at the Hamilton Union Presbyterian Church, 2291 Western Ave., Guilderland, at 11 a.m. on May 8.

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