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Edwin Gail “Gail” Stanford

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Edwin Gail “Gail” Stanford

Birth
Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, USA
Death
28 Jul 1977 (aged 57)
Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Gail Stanford, 57, Rt. 2, Clay City, died Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in Carle Hospital, Urbana.

He was born in Clay City Jan. 1, 1920 to Jesse and Emma Warren Stanford. He married Maxine Shields Dec. 10, 1955 in Mt. Vernon.

Surviving are his wife; daughters, Nita Marie Stanford, at home; and Mrs, Gary (Nancy) Pearce, Flora; two sons, Stephen Wayne Wiley, Clay City, and David Lee, at home; brothers,
Clydean, Las Cruces, N.M. and Vancil, Douglas, Ariz.; and five grandchildren.

He was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church, south of Clay City, and was a veteran of World War II.

Services will be at the Cadascio Funeral Home, Clay City. Burial will be in Zion cemetery, rural Clay City.

The Rev. Sherrill Leckrone will officiate. There will be full military rites at the grave site.



Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, July 29, 1977.
Thanks to: Email address of contributor: [email protected]
Gail Stanford, 57, Rt. 2, Clay City, died Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in Carle Hospital, Urbana.

He was born in Clay City Jan. 1, 1920 to Jesse and Emma Warren Stanford. He married Maxine Shields Dec. 10, 1955 in Mt. Vernon.

Surviving are his wife; daughters, Nita Marie Stanford, at home; and Mrs, Gary (Nancy) Pearce, Flora; two sons, Stephen Wayne Wiley, Clay City, and David Lee, at home; brothers,
Clydean, Las Cruces, N.M. and Vancil, Douglas, Ariz.; and five grandchildren.

He was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church, south of Clay City, and was a veteran of World War II.

Services will be at the Cadascio Funeral Home, Clay City. Burial will be in Zion cemetery, rural Clay City.

The Rev. Sherrill Leckrone will officiate. There will be full military rites at the grave site.



Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, July 29, 1977.
Thanks to: Email address of contributor: [email protected]

Gravesite Details

Tec 4 U. S. Army World War II.



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