Obit of Sanford, Shirley C. (s516) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Harold Grisso   8 Sep 2004
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Surnames: SANFORD, von BUSKIRK, FLEMMING, Lewis, Wilcox 

Originally posted at:
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From the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 09-05-2004 at www.mailtribune.com

Shirley C. Sanford, age 69, died August 24, 2004 in Sun City West, 
Arizona.

She was born Shirley Carlene von Buskirk on May 21, 1935 in Cheyenne, 
Oklahoma to Carl and Ida (Flemming) von Buskirk. Shirley graduated from 
Crater High School, Central Point, in 1953. She married her second 
husband, Carl Bradstreet Sanford, on May 25,1977 in Livermore, California. 
They both retired from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1987. 
For Shirley this was after 15 years of service as an Administrator in the 
Laser Department (5 years), Chemistry Department (3 years), Directors 
Office (2 years) and Mechanical Engineering (5 years). The Sanfords then 
moved to Sun City West, Arizona in June of 1988 and continued to work for 
LLNL on an oncall basis at the Test Site in Las Vegas, Nevada and at the 
Lab in Livermore.

During her early years Shirley was an Honored Queen for the Job's 
Daughters Bethel #38 in Central Point. She was a member of the Central 
Point Presbyterian Church and taught Sunday School at the age of 18. She 
sang in the church choir, often performing solo for the services. She was 
a girl scout, earning numerous merit badges. She worked after school at 
the First National Bank in Central Point during her Jr. and Sr. high 
school years. During the summers she packed pears for Harry and David in 
Medford.

Upon coming to Sun City West, Shirley worked part time in the offices of 
the Dell Webb Corporation, served as a volunteer for Lending Hands, SCAMI, 
and the local hospital. She was a member of the Desert Trails Ladies Golf 
Club, serving as Rules Committee Chairman for two years.

Survivors include: spouse Carl B. Sanford; brothers, Donald von Buskirk 
and wife Joan of Livermore, California and Carl Bryan Buskirk of London, 
England; three children, Daniel A. Lewis (wife Machelle) of Coeur d'Alene, 
Idaho, Tamera G. Wilcox of Tucson, Arizona, and Donald J. Lewis of San 
Francisco, California; and six grandchildren, Dustin and Whitney Lewis, 
Eliott, Mathew, Luke, and Andy Wilcox.
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