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Harriet Ross Gifford
Date Of Birth:May 2, 1916
Date Of Death:January 3, 2012
Service Date:CALLING HOURS ~ None
FUNERAL ~ Friday, January 6, 2012 at 11:00 am at the Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home
BURIAL ~ Kerr Cemetery

NILES - Harriet Ross Gifford, 95, died Tuesday January 3, 2012 at 7:25 am at Shepherd of the Valley Nursing Home following a long illness.

She was born in Mineral Ridge on May 2, 1916 the daughter of Lewis H. and Christine (Hood) Seifert Sr. and lived in this area all her life.  A graduate of Mineral Ridge High School, she worked for five years as a cafeteria server at the General Motors Plant and was a bus driver for Fairhaven School.  She was a member of the Pleasant Valley Church.

Harriet is survived by three daughters, Janet (Kirk) Wathen of Stuart, FL, Virginia (Bob) Callahan of Hobe Sound, FL, Joan (Ralph) Stiles of Niles; five grandchildren, Kelly Stiles, Kevin (Valerie) Stiles, Brian (LuAnn) Stiles, Tom (Jill) Gifford, David Gifford; six great grandchildren; and two sisters, Betty Walker of Arizona and Lois Russell of New York.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Franklin Gifford whom she married on Feb. 28, 1938 and who died on July 6, 1981; son, Thomas William Gifford who died on May 6, 1979; a grandchild; three sisters, Dorothy Bloomfield, Hazel Hoffman, June Baer and a brother, Lewis Seifert Jr.

The Funeral will be Friday, January 6, 2012 at 11:00 am at the Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home.  Rev. John Preusser will officiate.  Burial will be in Kerr Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Shepherd of the Valley Nursing Home, Niles.