Michelle Collene Bledsoe

Portsmouth, RI - Michelle Collene Bledsoe, 56, of 42 Lepes Road Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Kentfield, CA on January 31, 1948, she was the daughter of Dorice AndersonZauss Aull of Newport, RI, the late William Zauss and the stepdaughter of the late Arthur Aull. Ms. Bledsoe was a Logistics Management Specialist with Naval Undersea Warfare Center. She was a member of Trintiy Church and had served on the Vestry of the Church as well as being a Eurchrist Minister. She had enjoyed volunteering and helping the different groups within the church. Michelle was a great scrapbooker, enjoyed working in her garden at home, and knitting. But what she enjoyed the most was being with her family and being a grandmother. Besides her mother she is also survived by her stepmother Elinor Zauss of San Diego, CA, her daughter Kari Elizabeth Reardon wife of James Reardon of Middletown, RI, her fianc John M. Sullivan of Portsmouth, RI, two step daughters Lisa Sullivan and Denise Sullivan both of Portsmouth, RI, five brothers Timothy J Harvey of Portsmouth, RI, James Aull of Middletown, RI, David Aull of Portsmouth, RI, Barry Zauss of Lakeside, CA, and Barney Zauss of Wellington, UT, two sisters Patty Anne Bezak of Cumberland, RI, and Nancy Madsen of Santee, CA, three granddaughters Allyson Reardon, Julia Reardon and Amory Reardon all of Middletown, RI.Her funeral will be held on Tuesday, March 30, 2004, at 10:00AM, in Trinity Church, Queen Anne Square, Newport. Burial will be in St. Columba Catholic Cemetery in Middletown. Donations in her memory may be made to the Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue League, PO Box 808, Hudson, MA 01749-0808 or to the charity of the donors choice.