Hartford CT, Hartford Courant, 1997-7-10 GRIFFIN, Bessie (Wilcox), 99, of New Britain Avenue, Unionville, widow of Walter W. Griffen, died Tuesday July 8, 1997. Born in Avon April 23, 1898, daughter of the late Frederck and Flora (Beebe) Wilcox, she resided in the Farmington Valley all of her life. Prior to retiring, she was a housekeeper for many years in Farmington. She was a longtime member of First Church of Christ Congregational in Farmington and was an active member of Tunxis Senior Citizens of Unionville. She is survived by her four children: Harriet (Burton) of El Segundo, CA; Walter Jr of Unionville; Maurice of Maine; Arthur of Unionville and a sister, Alice Hyer of Glen Gardener NJ, many grandchildren, many great grandchildren and many great-great grandchildren. Funeral service will be today at 1 pm in the Ahern Funeral Home, 111 Main St., Route 4, Unionville, with Rev. Ned Edwards officiating. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Tunxis Senior Citizens, School Street, Unionville 06085 or First Church of Christ, 75 Main St., Farmington 06032. ------ Ruth (Schauer) Davison [email protected] RR1 Box 2088 VE7EJI Clearwater, BC "Gateway to Wells Gray Park" Canada V0E 1N0 Ph: 250-674-3400 Fax: 250-674-3846 To subscribe to a list send a message to "Name you wish to sub"[email protected] in message body put subscribe turn off your sig. file [email protected] SCHAUER/SHAUER/SHOWER [email protected] CREED/CREEDE/CREEDON [email protected] HARVEY/HARVIE [email protected] WILCOX/WILLCOX/WILCOXSON