Blanch Cole, 94, of Independence, MO, passed away Friday, July14, 2006 at Rosewood Health Center. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Monday in the chapel. Burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. Blanch was born August 18, 1911 in Bevier, MO to Charles and Sarah Jane (Rudkin) Edmunds. She married David Leroy Cole on January 20, 1932. Mrs. Cole retired from the Social Security Administration in 1976. Blanch is survived by her son and daughter-in-law David L. and Beverly Cole; grandchildren David and Cindy Cole, Heather and Robert Rainey, Juli and Greg Muller; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Cole was preceded in death by her husband David L. Cole in 1953.