Saratoga Springs, NY - Mrs. Vivian R. Blanchard passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at The Home of The Good Shepherd in Malta. Born on Sept. 19, 1908 in Exeter, New Hampshire, she was the daughter of the late John Melvin and Florence (Morris) Rowe. She graduated from Skidmore College in 1929 and returned to Skidmore as an instructor in piano. While teaching at Skidmore she performed many concerts including piano concerts with Prof. Louis Edgar Johns and Stanley E. Saxton. Vivian was a member of the Katrina Trask Garden Club and The Orenda Garden Club. She and her husband, the late Major Robert Dudley Blanchard enjoyed traveling and spent many winters in Jekyll Island, Georgia. In addition to her parents and her husband, Vivian is predeceased by her son John Dudley Blanchard. There will be a prayer service at 10am Friday, June 3, 2011 at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway (584-5373). Burial will follow in the family plot at Greenridge Cemetery, Lincoln Ave. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Youth Group, Presbyterian-New England Congregational Church, PO Box 582, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.