Richard Lee STAFFORD

1925 - 2015  (89 years)

• Name	Richard Lee STAFFORD
  Born	17 Jul 1925	Hayesville, Ashland Co., Ohio
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0F5C38DB5839450A8A9415B865858D723243
  Died	15 Mar 2015	Belleville,, Republic Co., Kansas
  Buried	Belleville Cem., Belleville, Republic Co., Kansas
  Person ID	I137169	Branch 007 James Stafford b. 1766 PA and Family
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Bryan W. STAFFORD,   b. 1 Aug 1896, Mifflin Twp., Ashland Co., Ohio ,   d. 31 Dec 1947  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Marie E. HOWARD,   b. 24 Nov 1901, Indiana ,   d. 5 Dec 1986  (Age 85 years)
  Married	2 Apr 1918	Wayne, Indiana   [1]
  Family ID	F30984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Faye JUNE
  Married	1947	Mansfield, Ashland Co., Ohio
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2017
  Family ID	F44851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RICHARD LEE STAFFORD, son of Bryan W. and Marie (Howard) Stafford, was born July 17, 1925 at Hayesville, Ohio. At the age of 89 years Richard passed suddenly from this life Saturday evening March 14, 2015 at the Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas. He graduated from Hayesville High School and enlisted into the United States Navy in March 1943. He served his country proudly during WWII in the Asiatic Pacific Theater as a Communications Seaman stationed in Guam. He was honorably discharged on May 16, 1946. On June 8, 1947 he was united in marriage to Eleanor Faye June at Mansfield, Ohio. He began working for Mansfield Tire and Rubber Manufacturing Company in Mansfield and continued his employment for 35 years retiring in 1980. Richard and Eleanor moved to Kansas in 1984. He was an active member of the United Presbyterian Church where he also served as church Deacon.  Richard was preceded in death by his parents; sisters Jeanne Soliday and Vivian Landfried; and brother George.  He will be forever remembered by his wife of nearly 68 years Eleanor Stafford; children David, Ft. Pierce, Florida, Alan, Ellsworth, Wisconsin, Lisa, Ft. Worth, Texas, and Gregory, Salina; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Garnet Stafford, Lexington, Ohio; brother-in-law Chester Soliday, Mansfield, Ohio; many nieces & nephews; other relatives; and a community of friends. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the United Presbyterian Church, Belleville, Kansas with Pastor Robert Frasier officiating. Inurnment will be in the Belleville City Cemetery with military rites provided by the U.S. Naval Honor Guard. Memorials may be made to the family’s choice. Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home, Belleville, Kansas assisted the Stafford family with these arrangements. Buried: Note: Veteran of the US Navy during WWII in the Asiatic Pacific Theater

  
  

• Sources

  [S6721] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. Online publication - Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Works Progress Administration, comp. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940. Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, comp. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Indiana. Many of these records are on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah..