Mrs. Anita GAFFNEY of Napa died today at the Hy-Lond Convalescent Hospital. She was born in San Francisco and graduated from Lowell High School. She was a nursing student a Hahneman Hospital.
In 1910, she was married to William GAFFNEY. During WW11 she worked as a volunteer for the Allied War Relief. She was active in the American Red Cross and was awarded her 55-year pin in 1972. She was one of the founders of the St. John the Baptist Mother's Club and organized the school's first Traffic Patrol unit. She was a charter member of the St. Apollinaris Ladies Guild and president of the Lake-Solano and Napa County Deanery of National Council of Catholic Women.
In 1967 she was the recipient of the Papal appointment and medal "Pro Ecclesia Et Pontiface." She was a charter member of the Napa Valley Social Service Auxiliary.
Survivors include her husband, William GAFFNEY of Napa; two daughters, Mrs. William WALKER of Sacramento and Mrs. Alfred HUNTSINGER of San Jose; two sisters, Mrs. George FRANCARD of Santa Rosa and Mrs. Genevieve WHITLEY of San Rafael and one brother, Charles KEARNS of Cambria, 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Friends are invited to meet at the Claffey and Rota Funeral Home Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. thence to St. Apollinaris Catholic Church where a Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home Tuesday evening at 8:00. Entombment will be in the Tulocay Mausoleum."
Source: The Register (Napa, CA), 12 Feb 1973, p. 10A.
In 1910, she was married to William GAFFNEY. During WW11 she worked as a volunteer for the Allied War Relief. She was active in the American Red Cross and was awarded her 55-year pin in 1972. She was one of the founders of the St. John the Baptist Mother's Club and organized the school's first Traffic Patrol unit. She was a charter member of the St. Apollinaris Ladies Guild and president of the Lake-Solano and Napa County Deanery of National Council of Catholic Women.
In 1967 she was the recipient of the Papal appointment and medal "Pro Ecclesia Et Pontiface." She was a charter member of the Napa Valley Social Service Auxiliary.
Survivors include her husband, William GAFFNEY of Napa; two daughters, Mrs. William WALKER of Sacramento and Mrs. Alfred HUNTSINGER of San Jose; two sisters, Mrs. George FRANCARD of Santa Rosa and Mrs. Genevieve WHITLEY of San Rafael and one brother, Charles KEARNS of Cambria, 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Friends are invited to meet at the Claffey and Rota Funeral Home Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. thence to St. Apollinaris Catholic Church where a Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home Tuesday evening at 8:00. Entombment will be in the Tulocay Mausoleum."
Source: The Register (Napa, CA), 12 Feb 1973, p. 10A.
Mrs. Anita GAFFNEY of Napa died today at the Hy-Lond Convalescent Hospital. She was born in San Francisco and graduated from Lowell High School. She was a nursing student a Hahneman Hospital.
In 1910, she was married to William GAFFNEY. During WW11 she worked as a volunteer for the Allied War Relief. She was active in the American Red Cross and was awarded her 55-year pin in 1972. She was one of the founders of the St. John the Baptist Mother's Club and organized the school's first Traffic Patrol unit. She was a charter member of the St. Apollinaris Ladies Guild and president of the Lake-Solano and Napa County Deanery of National Council of Catholic Women.
In 1967 she was the recipient of the Papal appointment and medal "Pro Ecclesia Et Pontiface." She was a charter member of the Napa Valley Social Service Auxiliary.
Survivors include her husband, William GAFFNEY of Napa; two daughters, Mrs. William WALKER of Sacramento and Mrs. Alfred HUNTSINGER of San Jose; two sisters, Mrs. George FRANCARD of Santa Rosa and Mrs. Genevieve WHITLEY of San Rafael and one brother, Charles KEARNS of Cambria, 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Friends are invited to meet at the Claffey and Rota Funeral Home Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. thence to St. Apollinaris Catholic Church where a Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home Tuesday evening at 8:00. Entombment will be in the Tulocay Mausoleum."
Source: The Register (Napa, CA), 12 Feb 1973, p. 10A.
In 1910, she was married to William GAFFNEY. During WW11 she worked as a volunteer for the Allied War Relief. She was active in the American Red Cross and was awarded her 55-year pin in 1972. She was one of the founders of the St. John the Baptist Mother's Club and organized the school's first Traffic Patrol unit. She was a charter member of the St. Apollinaris Ladies Guild and president of the Lake-Solano and Napa County Deanery of National Council of Catholic Women.
In 1967 she was the recipient of the Papal appointment and medal "Pro Ecclesia Et Pontiface." She was a charter member of the Napa Valley Social Service Auxiliary.
Survivors include her husband, William GAFFNEY of Napa; two daughters, Mrs. William WALKER of Sacramento and Mrs. Alfred HUNTSINGER of San Jose; two sisters, Mrs. George FRANCARD of Santa Rosa and Mrs. Genevieve WHITLEY of San Rafael and one brother, Charles KEARNS of Cambria, 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Friends are invited to meet at the Claffey and Rota Funeral Home Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. thence to St. Apollinaris Catholic Church where a Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home Tuesday evening at 8:00. Entombment will be in the Tulocay Mausoleum."
Source: The Register (Napa, CA), 12 Feb 1973, p. 10A.
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