AUGUSTA – Blanchard K. Paine, 80, of West Farmington died Sunday, March 26, at Glenridge Nursing Home.

He was born Sept. 8, 1925, in Andover, the son of Edward F. and Annie (Kennedy) Paine. He graduated from Wilton Academy. He married Flora Dolloff in May of 1983. She died July 20, 1998. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy.

After the war, he worked for more than 30 years at Forster Manufacturing in East Wilton. He also owned and operated his apple orchard on Morrison Hill for several years. He retired in the late 1980s. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Farmington. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, cultivating his apple orchards, and horse racing and following the fair circuits.

Survivors include a son, Mark Paine and his wife, Cathy, of Gloucester, Va.; two daughters, Susan Bragdon and her husband, Sonny, of East Wilton and Cynthia Paine of Wilton; four grandchildren, Christina, Kimberly, Mark Jr. and Cody; a sister, Beverly Smith of San Diego, Calif.; two brothers, Donald W. Paine of Turner and Clifford Paine of Placerville, Calif.; and three stepsons, Terry, Steve, and Reggie Spencer.