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An actor Mark Blucas been honest about fixing up his Pennsylvania farmhousewhere is his mother-in-law, Dayle Haddondied on Friday, December 27.
“You know what’s amazing, our house was built in 1711, you know, before George Washington was born,” Blucas, 52, quipped during a 2016 interview on Hallmark’s Home and Family. “It’s a way to stay creatively stimulated when I’m not filming and working.”
He added, “We wanted to be closer to family so we moved back to the East Coast to be near them. It’s the only place in the United States that has that kind of architecture with old stone barns and old stone houses.”
Blucas and his wife, Ryan Haddonmoved to Pennsylvania from California in 2012 after three years of marriage. Around that time, they also welcomed their eldest daughter together. (Ryan, 53, also shares two older children with an ex-husband Christian Slater.)
In addition to renovating the property that offered all kinds of “projects for a lifetime,” Blucas and Ryan took in several four-legged friends.
“We have 15 chickens, two rabbits, a dog, cats – the wildlife is (off the charts),” said the My Life With The Walter Boys he starred at the time, a year after they welcomed their second daughter. “We see (foxes and deer) constantly. We house them all. In fact, my wife (and I) had to establish a new rule. … We were working on the main house and my wife comes home with chicks and so, I’m like, ‘Where are we going to put them, honey?'”
Blucas also often highlights his renovation projects on social media.
“When we bought our old house, the list of things that needed to be done was staggering,” she wrote through Instagram in January 2023. “I didn’t own a tractor yet, and to be honest, it wasn’t on that list. Need that money for other things. But I remember my father saying, ‘You can’t have a farm and not have a tractor.’ My old man has never been so right.”
Blucas added, “As my DIY projects and historic home design and restoration business have grown, I’ve increased the size and added to my tool collection. From something I didn’t think I needed, to something I couldn’t do without. Currently rebuilding the stone courtyard walls around the barn.”
Dayle died at the residence of Blucas and Ryan on Friday after a suspected carbon monoxide leak. She was 76 years old.
“The New Hope Eagle Volunteer Fire Company was also on scene and found a high level of carbon monoxide in the property,” a police report read. “Two medics were transported to Doylestown Hospital for carbon monoxide exposure and one Solebury Township Police Officer was treated at the scene. The Solebury Township Police Department is currently investigating this tragedy.”
Ryan is survived by Dayle – her daughter with ex-husband Glenn Souham – and her four grandchildren.
“Dayle’s bright light has faded in this earthly world. Shining somewhere as radiant as ever where it is most needed, I have no doubt,” Ryan wrote via Instagram later on Friday. “She was a woman in her power, yet soft and attentive to everyone. Highly creative and curious, gifted with beauty inside and out. Always kind and thoughtful.”