Howard J. STAFFORD

1915 - 2009  (93 years)

• Name	Howard J. STAFFORD
  Born	8 Dec 1915	Cortland, Cortland Co, New York
  Gender	Male
  _UID	37907F90B60B4858A2D76FF88E7C1F80C0D8
  Died	25 Jul 2009	Cortland , Cortland Co., New York
  Buried	Atwater Cem., Homer, Cortland Co., New York
  Person ID	I146673	Branch 031 Robert Stafford 1790 Wales, Great Britain
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Clarence J. STAFFORD,   b. 1878, New York ,   d. 12 Dec 1930, Cortlandville, Cortland Co., New York  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Anna May EATON,   b. 9 Apr 1875, New York ,   d. 27 Jan 1954  (Age 78 years)
  Married	16 Jun 1897
  Family ID	F49040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lois Jane PERRY,   b. 9 Dec 1915, Homer, Cortland Co., New York ,   d. 13 Apr 2015, Cortland , Cortland Co., New York  (Age 99 years)
  Married	23 Oct 1937	Homer, Cortland Co., New York
  Children	1. Kenneth Grant STAFFORD,   b. 1938,   d. 11 Nov 1990  (Age 52 years)   2. David STAFFORD   3. Nancy STAFFORD   4. Shirley STAFFORD   5. Mary STAFFORD
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F49039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Howard J. Stafford, 93, of Kinney Gulf Road, Cortland, NY, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2009, at the Cortland Care Center. He was born Dec. 8, 1915, in Cortland, the son of the late Clarence and Anna Mae Eaton Stafford. Mr. Stafford graduated from Cortland High School in 1933 then went on to Cortland Business School graduating in 1934. After completing his education, Howard worked as a salesman for the Farmer Syndicate Feed Mill in Cortland. In 1951, he bought and began to operate his own dairy farm on Kinney Gulf Road until retiring in 1995. His farm received the Dairy of Distinction Award in 1992. He was a longtime member of the Homer Methodist Church, 50-year member of the Homer Grange, Farm Bureau, and the Antique Tractor Club. While active with the farm, he enjoyed attending and working farm auctions, even in his retirement years. Howard enjoyed traveling but his greatest love was being with family. Mr. Stafford is survived by his wife of 72 years, who he married Oct. 23, 1937, the former Lois Perry Stafford of Homer; daughters, Nancy (David) DeAugustine of Fairport, Shirley (Robert) Romaninsky of Cortland, Mary (Guy) Forden of Pattersonville; daughter-in-law Sylvia Stafford of Avon; son, David (Juanita) Stafford of Locke; sisters, Betty Redfield of Homer, Eleanor Randall of Zephyrhills, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his parents; son, Kenneth Grant Stafford; and siblings, Vernon, Eva, Vivian, Leslie, Harold, and Charles. Calling hours will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Wright-Beard Funeral Home, Inc., 9 Lincoln Ave., Cortland. A funeral service will be celebrated 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church of Homer, 20 Cayuga St., Homer. Burial will follow in the Atwater Cemetery, Homer. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Homer or a charity of one's choice. (Published in the Cortland Standard newspaper)