Coos County OR Archives Obituaries.....SANFORD, OLIVER C. 1950
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Coquille Valley Sentinel
Coquille Valley Sentinel
Thursday, June 1, 1950

SANFORD SERVICES 
WILL BE FRIDAY

  Funeral services for Oliver C. Sanford, prominent Coquille attorney who died 
Tuesday at Mast Hospital, Myrtle Point, will be held Friday June 2, at the 
Schroeder Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. The body will lie in state Thursday from 7 
p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Friday morning from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.
  Oliver Sanford was born at Turner, Oregon, April 9, 1879. In 1888 he came to 
Coquille with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Sanford, and has resided here 
since that date. He married Florence Walstrom in 1910.
  Admitted to the bar in 1905, he was associated for a time with the A.J. 
Sherwood law office. He entered the First National Bank of Coquille in 1906, 
becoming a stockholder and serving as  cashier and first vice-president until 
the bank was purchased by the first National Bank of Portland in 1937. At that 
time he opened the law office where he maintained his practice until his 
recent illness.
  Interested in civic affairs, he served on the city council and was a member 
of the Coquille Chamber of Commerce. For many years he was city treasurer and 
school clerk. His special interest was the Coquille City Library which he 
helped found. For thirty-four years he served as treasurer on the library 
board.
  He was past master of Chadwick Lodge, No. 63, A.F. & A.M., a past patron of 
Beulah chapter, No. 6, O.E.S., and a past noble grand of  I.O.O.F. lodge, No. 
53.
  He is survived by his widow, Florence Sanford, and one brother, C.J. Sanford 
of Ashland.

















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