Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits?read=166 Surname: Stafford, Griffin, Roth, Grimmer, Winn ------------------------- Obituary for Ward Stafford from newspaper clippings, possibly the Warsaw Bulletin. Ward Stafford, who has been a resident of this vicinity for fifteen years, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Wm. Griffin, Tuesday evening, Feburary 7, of locomotor ataxia and other complications, age 47 years, 6 months, and 21 days. Death of Ward Stafford Ward Stafford, who has been a resident of this vicinity for fifteen years, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Wm. Griffin, Tuesday evening, February 7, of locomotor ataxia and other complications, aged 47 years, 6 months and 21 days. The deceased was born in Marcellilne, Ill., July 17, 1880, and spent the greater part of his life in that neighborhood or in this vicinity. He was never married. He was a member of the Pentecostal church, being baptized on Easter day of last year. He is survived by six sisters, namely, Mrs. Wm. Griffin, Mrs. Jodie Roth, and Mrs. Wm. McMullen of Warsaw; Mrs. Arabella Fenton of Marcelline; Mrs Bertha Grimmer of Quincy; and Mrs. Susan Winn of Duluth, Minn. He was preceded in death by one sister and one brother. The funeral will be from the residence of his sister Mrs. Wm. Griffin. Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, the funeral cortege proceeding to Marcellline where services will be held in the Christian Church at 12:30 p.m., Rev. Varner of the Pentecostal church officiating. Internment in Keith cemetery near Marcelline.