Dot, Is this the Giffords that are close to you ?  I couldn't remember the names of those that are close to you but wondered when I read this. Sounds like a young man cut down in his prime, very sad. Beth ----- Original Message ---- From: Vera Reeves <velane@centurytel.net> To: arizard@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, October 12, 2010 3:31:17 PM Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Gifford obit-relatives Melbourne Thanks Lorene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorene" <lorene.m@charter.net> To: <arizard@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:21 PM Subject: [ARIZARD] Gifford obit-relatives Melbourne > Ryan Blaine Gifford > Post a commentPrint > By The Wenatchee World Staff > Monday, October 11, 2010 > > Ryan Blaine Gifford, 31, a lifelong Wenatchee Valley resident, passed away > on Friday, October 8, 2010, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, from > injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on September 25, 2010. He was > born on May 8, 1979, in Wenatchee, the son of Gary Blaine and Cindi Marie > (McMoran) Gifford. He was raised and educated in Wenatchee, where he had > attended Sunnyslope Elementary, Orchard Middle School and Westside High > School. He graduated from Westside High School. He started working for > construction companies in the area as a house painter and roofer. He later > went to work with his father, at "Gifford Sign and Structure", where he > was primarily a painter. He especially loved wakeboarding, snow skiing, > hunting with his father, camping, cooking, working on cars and was a big > fan of Rock & Roll music. He enjoyed watching the History channel on > television, going to the gym and working out and going on trips with his > sister and family back east, to the ocean ! > and Arkansas. He also dearly loved his sister's dog, Coco. > > The family would like to especially thank all those who have sent their > blessings and prayers. > > He is survived by his father, Gary B. Gifford of Rock Island; his mother > and step-father, Cindi and Ken Hamm of Fresno, CA; paternal grandparents, > Bob and Diane Gifford of Melborne, AR; maternal grandmother, JoAnn McMoran > of Apache Junction, AZ; his sister and brother-in-law, Nichole and Steve > Archer of East Wenatchee; two half-sisters, Anjelica Gifford of Centralia, > WA and Andrea Humel of Tri-Cities, WA; one half-brother, Garrett Gifford > of Montana; and one niece, Ashley Archer and two nephews, Andrew and > Austin Archer, all of East Wenatchee. He was preceded in death by his > maternal grandfather, Gary McMoran. > > A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, > at 11:00 a.m., at Wenatchee First Assembly of God Church, 1520 McKittrick > Street, Wenatchee, with Pastor Jerry Beebe officiating. Family Interment > Services will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. Please sign in or leave a > memory for the family online by visiting www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com. > Arrangements are in the care of Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee. > > Share > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message