Lelia Blanche Dinsmore, daughter of the late Maston Hall and Ruth Haga Hall, was born on August 18, 1937, in Hopewell, Maryland, and departed this life on July 13, 2021, at St. Joseph’s Bluffs in Jefferson City, Missouri, at the age of 83 years.

Mrs. Dinsmore was a former manager of the Hatfield Inn, a former director of the Dexter Chamber of Commerce, and a children’s librarian for 11 years. In Maryland, Blanche worked for the Susquehanna Baptist Association as association clerk and worked as secretary for various churches in the area. She had a talent for decorating cakes and shared that with family and friends. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Dexter. She enjoyed scrapbooking, quilting, gardening, bird watching, and working in her yard. She loved travelling and made many trips to Maryland over the last 40 years.

On August 17, 1956, in Bel Air, Maryland, she was united in marriage to Robert Fulton Dinsmore, Jr. Mr. Dinsmore preceded her in death on December 20, 1993.

She is survived by her son, Robert Scott Dinsmore of Paragould, Arkansas and by her daughter, Pamela (Scott) McQuary of Jefferson City, Missouri.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by six brothers, William Hall, Earnest Hall, Eddie Lawrence Hall, Ralph Dee Hall, James B. Hall, and Orear Ira Granville “Smokey” Hall; and by two sisters, Florence Edith Anders and Opal Gray Hall.

A celebration of life service will be held at a later date.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.