Blanche Pidgeon Teal

Mrs. Blanche Pidgeon Teal, 81, a resident of Transitional Health Services in Kannapolis since 1993 and formerly of 311 Oakdale Ave. died Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at NorthEast Medical Center. The funeral will be 11:00 am Friday, June 23, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Brant Piper will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:00 pm Thursday at Lady's Funeral Home. Mrs. Teal was born January 3, 1925 in Springfield, Mass. She was a daughter of the late Hector Clarence Pidgeon and Pearl Jennie Sheltra Pidgeon. She retired from the laboratory at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital where she worked as a medical technologist. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Kannapolis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Teal Jr., in 1976. Mrs. Teal is survived by two sons, Larry Teal and wife, Cathy, of Charlotte and Mike Teal and wife, Melonie, of Kannapolis; two grandchildren, Jadie Michael Teal and Jessica Leighanne Teal; and special friend of the family, James W. Gibson of Kannapolis. The family would like to express their sincere gratitude and appreciation to the staff of Transitional Health Services for all of the love and care that has been given to Mrs. Teal over the years. Memorials may be made to Jeff Gordon's Children's Hospital, c/o NEMC Foundation, 920 Church Street North, Concord, NC 28025.