Person Info
- Name: Eleanor DUFFORD
- Sex: F
- Birth: 15 Aug 1913 in Clintonville, Pennsylvania b
- Death: 21 Feb 2009 in Inn-Conneaut Health Center, Conneaut, Ohio d
- Burial: McKee Cemetery, Clintonville, Pennsylvania u
Parents:
- Father:
- John Albert DUFFORD
Birth: 1 Dec 1872
Death: 26 Dec 1937
Mother:
- Ruth Beatrice RIDDLE
Birth: 30 Oct 1886
Death: 29 Jun 1968
Family:
Marriage:
Children:
- Living SECHLER
- Living SECHLER
Marriage:
Bibliography
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Blueskyes222, Eleanor Dufford. Private email 2/22/2009. Author address: Blueskyes222 at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009].
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Gilkey, George Leland, The Gilkeys: A History of the Early American Gilkeys and their descendants. Merrill, WI: 1950. G3908. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/110992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p[0-9]*].
Sources for birth and parent Information
- date:
- [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009, GilkeyGL GILKEY p322],
- place:
- [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009],
- parents:
- [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009, GilkeyGL GILKEY p322]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009],
- place:
- [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009]
Sources for burial Information
- place:
- [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009]
Sources with Information about marriage to Wayne A SECHLER
- date:
- [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009, GilkeyGL GILKEY p322],
- divorced:
- 1950 [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009],
- child:
- [Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p345]
Sources with Information about marriage to Forrest C GARY
- date:
- [Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009]
Research Notes:
CONNEAUT Eleanor Dufford Sechler Gary, age 95, of Conneaut, Ohio, passed away
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at Inn-Conneaut Health Center, Parrish Road,
Conneaut, Ohio.Eleanor was born in Clintonville, Pa., August 15, 1913, the
daughter of John Albert Dufford and Ruth Riddle Dufford Marsteller. She was a
graduate of Clintonville High School and two years of a secretarial course at
Grove City College, Grove City, Pa., in 1933. After college, she worked at the
Polk State School in Polk, Pa., as a secretary for six years. Eleanor moved
to Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1949 and married Forrest C. Gary in 1965, moving to
Florida in 1974. She then moved to Conneaut, Ohio, in 1988 from Florida.
Eleanor was a member of the First Baptist Church in Conneaut, Ohio, OES Rose
Chapter in Conneaut and several Civic clubs in Conneaut. She was also a
volunteer in the Gift Shop at Brown Memorial Hospital. A former resident of
Ashtabula, she was a long-time member of the First Covenant Church and worked
over 14 years for Union Carbide Corp. Eleanor is survived by one stepbrother,
Ivan Marsteller and family; a stepsister-in-law, Amelia Marsteller; two
daughters, Donna (William) Wiser of Conneaut, Ohio, and Shirley Rice of
Shippensburg, Pa.; three grandchildren, Vickie Yendriga, William Wiser Jr. and
Christine Gallagher; and four great-grandchildren, Samantha and Megan
Yendriga, Jordan Wiser and Delaney Gallagher. She is also survived by two
stepdaughters, Mary (Dean) Hommes and Katherine (Howard) House; five
step-grandchildren; and other great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death
by her parents and her husband, Forrest C. Gary; stepbrother, Emmett
Marsteller; and stepsister, Janet Marsteller. Funeral Service will be held 1
p.m. at LARRY E. McKINLEY FUNERAL HOME, 109 Emlenton St., Clintonville, Pa.,
on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, with the Rev. Jonathan Singer, pastor of The First
Baptist Church in Conneaut, Ohio, officiating. Interment will follow at the
McKee Cemetery in Clintonville, Pa. Family will receive friends at the Funeral
Home from 12 p.m., Noon, until time of Services at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.In lieu
of flowers, memorials may be sent to The First Baptist Church, 370 State St.,
Conneaut, Ohio 44030.Friends and family can also e-mail condolences by
visiting _www.mckinleyfuneralhome.net_ (http://www.mckinleyfuneralhome.net/)
[Ref: Blueskyes222 2/22/2009]
Pedigree of Eleanor DUFFORD
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John Albert DUFFORD
Eleanor DUFFORD
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Mathew RIDDLE
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John RIDDLE
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Robert GILKEY
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Elizabeth GILKEY
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John Washington RIDDLE
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Ester CRAWFORD
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Charles Milton RIDDLE
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Jane McCAY
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Ruth Beatrice RIDDLE
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Emma CROSS
Descendants of Eleanor DUFFORD