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Fern Stafford

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Fern Stafford, 77, Bear, Delaware, formerly of Rogers, passed away September 23, after a yearlong battle with lung cancer, at her daughter's home in Bear, Delaware. She was born June 1, 1933, in Yardelle, Arkansas, the daughter of Lonnie and Artie Harp. Fern was a 1951 graduate of Western Grove School. Fern met Joe Stafford when she was a waitress at the Hotel Seville in Harrison and they married two weeks later. She spent most of her life as a homemaker, raising her daughter, Kathy Jean, and taking care of her husband. She spent seven years in Wichita, Kansas where her husband worked at Boeing before being transferred to Philadelphia where they lived in Claymont, Delaware for 25 years. Fern and Joe retired to Rogers, Ark. in 1991. They were married for 45 years until Joe Bill's untimely death of a heart attack at the age of 64 in 1997. Fern loved to cook and always tried new recipes after watching her favorite TV shows on the Food Network. Friends and family could always expect a great home cooked meal. She was the happiest when everyone ate. Fern's loving companion, Frosty Joe, a Bichon Frise, was her pride and joy and will miss her loving care. Daughter and son-in-law, Kathy Jean and George Buckalew; sister, Joyce Connolly of Everton; nieces, Florence Weeks and husband Ben of Western Grove, Mary Hamilton and husband Kenneth of Harrison, Marilyn Smith of Plano, Texas; nephews, Alan Connolly of Everton, Ronald Connolly and wife Polly of Rogers, Leroy Connolly and wife Mary Joyce of Rogers, Harold Connolly of Rogers, James Harden of St. Charles, Missouri and Gary Cox and wife Maggie of Bonaire, Georgia; and a host of great and great-great-nieces and nephews and a great-great-great-niece, surivive her. Funeral service 10:00, Thursday, September 30th, at Roller-Christeson Funeral Home. Open visitation Friday with visitation 9:30 to 10:00, Saturday prior to Service. Interment is in Sand Hill Cemetery. Family and friends are pallbearers. Online Guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.

Published September 30, 2010

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