{"id":3288,"date":"2019-12-02T15:42:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2019-12-02T15:42:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:42:36","slug":"obituary-for-mildred-gifford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/02\/obituary-for-mildred-gifford\/","title":{"rendered":"Obituary for Mildred Gifford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mildred \u201cVirginia Gardner Gifford<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oct. 30, 1920 \u2013 Nov. 26, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

WAVERLY \u2014 Mildred \u201cVirginia\u201d Gardner Gifford, Waverly, went to heaven Nov. 26, 2019, at Sunset Manor Nursing Home, Waverly. She was 99.<\/p>\n

Virginia was born Oct. 30, 1920, in Osage City, the oldest daughter of David and Gertrude Mainwaring Gardner. She graduated from Osage City High School in 1938.<\/p>\n

She married Robert \u201cBob\u201d L. Gifford Dec. 2, 1938, in Emporia. He died on June 4, 1984.<\/p>\n

Virginia was a homemaker, until her children were grown. She went to work for Fleming Company and Josten\u2019s. She retired to Waverly to be near her daughter after he husband\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and five sisters.<\/p>\n

She is survived by three daughters, Joan Steward and husband, Leroy, Waverly, Dianne Plumberg and husband, Larry, Grain Valley, Mo., and Vickie Foster and husband, Ron, Golden, Mo.; nine grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 11 great great grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.<\/p>\n

Services were Monday, Dec. 2, at Waverly United Methodist Church. Burial was in Burlingame Cemetery, Burlingame.<\/p>\n

Memorial contributions can be made to Waverly Methodist Church or Sunset Manor and sent in care of Jones Funeral Home, P.O. Box 277, Burlington, KS 66839.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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