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Founded Stafford & Trainor Store, South Main Street, in 1905
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Thomas A. Stafford, 77, well known resident of 144 South Washington Street, city, died at 3:55 yesterday afternoon in Wilkes-Barre Mercy Hospital after an Illness of four weeks.
Mr. Stafford was born December 3, 1868, at Lowell, Pa., a son of the late Patrick Stafford and Catherine Coyle Stafford, early settlers of that section. Fifty-eight years ago he came to Wilkes-Barre to work in the old Sheldon Axle Works. Later he was a clerk in the Simon Long's Sons Store.
In 1905 Mr. Stafford founded the Stafford and Trainor Store, South Main Street, which was one of the largest men's furnishings concerns in the city. He continued the business with Mr. Trainor for many years and after the store closed he was a clothing salesman.
Mr. Stafford was an active member of St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception and its Holy Name Society and was affiliated with the Wilkes-Barre Lodge of Elks.
Surviving are his wife, the former Nora Shaw; two daughters, Kathryn Stafford, New York City, and Mrs. Irene Stafford Wrightsman of Santa Monica, California; two sons, Fred Stafford, Wilkes-Barre, and Arthur Stafford, Buffalo; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Harry Twarowski, Nanticoke, and Mrs. Aleck McDonough, and a brother, Fred Stafford, Wilkes-Barre.
The body was removed to the M. J. McLaughlin Funeral Home, 142 South Washington Street, from where the funeral will be held with a requiem mass in St. Mary's Church.
(Wilkes-Barre Record, 6 Mar 1946)
Father of:
Catherine Stafford
Irene D Stafford
Fred T Stafford
Arthur B Stafford
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1869 - 1946 (76 years)
