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Obituary of Winfield Hale SAFFOLD

Obits: The Celeste Courier, 10 November 1961, Hunt County, Texas

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CELESTE

Winfield Hale Saffold

    Winfield Hale Saffold, 86, died about 8:45 AM, Tuesday, November 7,
1961, in Risser Hospital in Bonham.  He entered the hospital Friday, November
4th, after he fell on the sidewalk just off the northwest corner of the
square in Leonard and broke his hip.

    Final rites were conducted by Rev. James R. Swedenburg at 2:30 PM,
Wednesday, November 8, 1961, at the First Baptist Church in Leonard. 
Casketbearers were deacons of the church.  Burial was in Leonard Cemetery
with Wilson Funeral Home directing.

    Mr. Saffold was born in Texas on August 18, 1875, son of John Harden
Saffold and Margaret Viana Patrick Saffold.  He married Nancy Ann Handley and
she preceded him in death.

    Mr. Saffold was a retired school teacher.  The family lived on their
farm in the Lane community of Hunt County for a number of years, later moving
to Leonard.  Mr. Saffold took an active part in the Leonard First Baptist
Church where he was a member.

    Survivors are one son, Dr. James Saffold, Des Plaines, Illinois; six
grandsons, three great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. 
Also, two sisters, Mrs. H. E. Easter, Temple, and Mrs. C. W. Cothran, Paris,
survive.

    Besides his wife, one daughter, Miss Evelyn Saffold, preceded him in
death.  (November 10, 1961, The Celeste Courier)

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