Irene Jordan

Family/Spouse: John Griffin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

HORNELL - Mary I. Whitford, 82, of 34 Davenport St., died Sunday
morning (June 6, 2004) at the home of her daughter in Almond, after a
long illness.
Born in Hornell on Nov. 26, 1921, she was a daughter of the late John
and Irene Jordan Griffin. On Aug. 15, 1940, she was married in St.
Ignatius Loyola Rectory to Harry J. Whitford, who predeceased her on
Oct. 21, 1993, after 53 years of marriage.
A life-long resident of Hornell, Mary was a graduate of Hornell High
School, class of 1940.
She was employed at the law office of the late Floyd and Lurton
Whiteman, for the Erie Railroad Accounting Bureau, for the Steuben
County Laboratories in Hornell from 1962 to 1970, and retired in 1988
from the Purchasing Department of Alfred State College.
Mary was a communicant of St. Ann's Church, a member of the Hornell
Association, an honorary member of the Hornell High School Alumni
Association, having served on the board of directors as well as being
the historian. She also served as a Blue Bird and Campfire Leader and
was a past president and a member of the board of directors of the
Hornell Area Campfire Council.
She loved being with her family and spending time at Waneta Lake.
Her family includes her daughter, Margaret Suzanne (Ronald) Mauro of
Almond; her two grandsons, John (Yihong) Mauro of Painted Post and
Daniel Mauro of Almond; her sister, Jeanne DeGaetano of Hornell; her
two special nieces, Lynda (Dennis) O'Brien and Cynthia Schumaker, all
of Hornell; her special great-niece and nephew, Bridget O'Brien and
Matthew Schumaker.
Besides her parents and husband, Mary was predeceased by her infant
son, Harry John Whitford; and her brother-in-law, Matthew DeGaetano.
Calling hours are from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, at the Bishop
& Johnson Funeral Home, Inc., 285 Main St., Hornell. Friends are
invited to meet her family at St. Ignatius Loyola Church, where a Mass
of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 9.
Committal prayers and interment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery,
Town of Fremont.
Those wishing may contribute in Mary's memory to either the Hornell
High School Alumni Association, PO Box 135, Hornell, N.Y. 14843; or to
Home Care & Hospice, 118 N. Main St., PO Box 362, Wellsville, N.Y.
14895. Envelopes for memorial contributions will be available at the
funeral home.

Mary married Harry J. Whitford on 15 Aug 1940 in Hornell, Steuben County, New York. Harry (son of George H. Whitford and Allena M. Rouse) was born about 1919 in Hornell, Steuben County, New York; died on 21 Oct 1993. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]