Obit: Stafford, Kenneth Albert #2 (1902 - 1970)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Stafford, Benedict, Gray, Rossman, Reineking, Nordness, Huntington, Miller, Johnson, Aspenson, Knutson, Myhrwold, Gotter, Haslow, Cox, Carteron, Verhulst, Stewart, Schultz, Holmes

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 4/02/1970

Stafford, Kenneth Albert (6 July 1902 - 29 March1970)

Kenneth Albert Stafford, 67, died Sunday in Marshfield, where he had been a hospital patient for nine weeks.

Mr. Stafford, son of John H. and Nellie (Benedict) Stafford, was born July 6, 1902, in Janesville. He came to Greenwood with his parents at the age of six. He received his education in the Greenwood Schools. He was married June 5, 1928, to Edith Gray at Winona, Minn. He was employed by lumber companies and they lived in various (a portion missing here).

Mr. Stafford is survived by his wife; a son, Kenny, of Neenah; three grandchildren; a brother, Harry Stafford of Neillsville; and a sister, Mrs. Paul (Lillian) Rossman of Withee.

Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from Grace United Methodist Church in Greenwood, with the Rev. Lee Holmes of Marshfield officiating. Burial was to be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 4/09/1970

Funeral services for Kenneth Stafford were held April 1 from Grace United Methodist Church. The Rev. Lee Holmes of Marshfield officiated. Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Celen Gotter, Albert Haslow, Lawrence Cox, Vivian Carteron, Clarence Verhulst and Wilbur Stewart. Gary Schultz sang, “The Lord is My Shepherd” and “Softly and Tenderly” accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Gary Schultz.

People from out of town attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Kenney Stafford and family of Neenah; Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gray of Readstown; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reineking of Grand Marsh; Harold Reineking and Mrs. Robert Nordness, Michael and Wendy of Madison; Mrs. Dale Huntington of Genoa; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Miller of Waupaca; Miss Geraldine Gray of St. Paul Park, Minn.; Mrs. Laverne Johnson and family of Wisconsin Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Aspenson of Viroqua; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Knutson of Janesville and Mrs. Arvid Myhrwold of Downsville.