Funeral service for Ilene Blanton, age 88, of Cache, Oklahoma will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at the Cache Christian Church with Rev. Daryl Perry, Daryle Perry and Rev. John Webb officiating. Burial will follow in the Cache Cemetery under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home of Frederick. Mrs. Blanton passed away on Saturday evening, January 27, 2018 in Lawton.

Emma Ilene Gillentine Blanton was born on April 1, 1929 in Elk City, Oklahoma to Travis Brian and Avis (Russet) Gillentine.   She attended school in Mountain View, New Mexico before returning to Elk City, Oklahoma at the age of eleven. On May 27, 1947, Ilene was united in marriage to Garland Thomas "Bill" Blanton in Soccoro, New Mexico. He preceded her in death on October 15, 1997. She loved music gatherings and playing the Rhythm Guitar and the Jew's Harp. Ilene also loved "loving" on her grandchildren. She was a member of the Cache First Christian Church.

She is survived by three sons, Tommy Blanton and wife Venita of Geronimo, Oklahoma, Monte Blanton of Cache, Oklahoma and Wesley Blanton of Cache, Oklahoma; one daughter, Connie Thorn and husband Sticker of Paradise Valley, Oklahoma; five grandchildren, Julie Spaulding and husband Darren, Rance Stoll and wife Erin, Guy Blanton, Beau Blanton and wife Catherine and Kati Roberts and husband Scotty; and eleven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and a great-grandson, Austin Barber; two brothers, Joe Gillentine and Raymond Gillentine.

Visitation will be on Tuesday evening, January 30, from 5 pm until 7 pm at the Cache Christian Church.

Jackson Funeral Home
921 W. Gladstone Ave.
Frederick, Oklahoma  73542

(580) 335-7447