Stanford, Edwin Gail

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: STAN.E001
• _FGRAVE: 18792570
• Military Service: World War II, Technician Fourth Grade, United States Army

Notes:

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.

Military Service:
Cook

Edwin married Shields, Maxine E. on 10 Dec 1955 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. Maxine (daughter of Baldridge, E.L.) was born on 26 Sep 1928 in Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 8 Feb 2024 in Flora Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]