Stephanie Helen Blackburn of Hermiston died on April 4, 2022 in Truxton, Ariz. at the age of 67.
Stephanie was born on Feb. 1, 1955 in Emmett, Idaho to Gary Richard Jensen and Wenona Vickery Jensen.
Stephanie was raised and attended schools in Emmett, Idaho. She graduated from Emmett High School in the class of 1973 and then attended Ricks College. Stephanie was united in marriage to Alan Lee Blackburn on Aug. 13, 1974 in Ogden, Utah. They lived in Roseburg and later returned to the Emmett/Payette, Idaho area before settling in Hermiston in 1989, where they have lived since.
Stephanie was a stay-at-home mom, raising their nine children, as well as hosting numerous exchange students, and her door was always open to any child that needed love and guidance. She was an active member of the Church of Latter-day Saints, serving as Relief Society and Primary president and in many other callings. Stephanie was a devoted wife and mom, supporting her children in their countless sporting events and activities and volunteering in their school. She enjoyed baking and making beautifully decorated cakes, gardening and sewing, and was always up to playing board games.
She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Alan Blackburn, Hermiston; sons, Jay and wife Charrie, Union, Gary and wife Melissa, Pendleton, Troy and wife Kristy, Hermiston, Chad and wife Jessica, Hermiston and Tyson and wife Eliza, Idaho Falls, Idaho; daughters, Tara Bues and husband Dennis, New Plymouth, Idaho, Mandy Blackburn, Hermiston, Cory Bryan and husband Jared, Lynchburg, Tenn. and Brita Hall and husband Blake, Tooele, Utah; mother, Wenona Coombs, Emmett, Idaho; brothers, Vaughn Jensen, Emmett, Idaho, Eric Jensen, Meridian, Idaho and Doyle Jensen, Gainesville, Ga.; sisters, Marita Hawker, Middleton, Idaho, Laurel Mouritsen, Emmett, Idaho, Shelly Reed, Salt
Lake City, Utah and Heather West, Emmett, Idaho; 47 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Stephanie was preceded in death by her father, Gary Jensen.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, April 22, 2022 at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1035 S.E. Ninth St., Hermiston.
Burial will follow at the Pleasant View Cemetery, Stanfield.
Please share memories of Stephanie with her family at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
