CARIBOU – Bert F. Blanchard, 90, died Oct. 27, in Caribou.

He was born on his grandfather’s farm in Wilton on July 29, 1916, the son of Clifford and Lillian “Della” (Wood) Blanchard.

He was a 1934 graduate of Farmington High School, attended the University of Maine at Orono and was a graduate of the Bentley School of Accounting in Boston. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a Navy Sea Bee.

He was a member of the Lister Knowlton Post 9389 VFW as well as the Henry B. Pratt Post 15 American Legion.

He was also a member of the Caribou Unitarian Universalist Church.

He worked as an accountant in the automobile business in Caribou, in the hotel and real estate business in Cambridge, Mass., and prior to his retirement was employed by the Maine Department of Labor in Augusta.

He is survived by two daughters, Nancy Fink, and her husband, John, of Canton, Ohio, and Gay Martin of Yuma, Ariz.; one brother, Norman Blanchard, and his wife, Mabel, of Winn; one sister, Beulah Green, and her husband, Don, of Brunswick; a stepdaughter-in-law Judy Sirois of T15 R15; seven grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents; his wife and best friend, Frankie (Parsons) Blanchard, in 2001; and a stepson, Rodney Sirois, in 2006.