Clifford E. Burford, 79, of College Place, Wash., and formerly of Union died March 9 at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, Wash. Burial was in the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Burford was born in 1926 to Orphia and Ivy Ross Burford in Union. He graduated from Union High School and served in the Marine Corps during World War II. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Presidential Unit Citation with four battle stars. In 1949 he married Paula Errolo Lay. He worked as a civil engineer and for the U.S. Forest Service. After an early retirement he had a commercial cherry orchard in Milton-Freewater. Later the couple moved to a retirement center.
Survivors include his wife; children and their spouses, Blaine and Jackie Burford, Kim Burford, Zane Burford, Paul and Holly Burford, Erralee and Norm Cleveland and Paula and Bryan Mooso; 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and other relatives. The La Grande Observer Newspaper, La Grande, Union County, Oregon, dated (Monday) March 21, 2005.
Mr. Burford was born in 1926 to Orphia and Ivy Ross Burford in Union. He graduated from Union High School and served in the Marine Corps during World War II. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Presidential Unit Citation with four battle stars. In 1949 he married Paula Errolo Lay. He worked as a civil engineer and for the U.S. Forest Service. After an early retirement he had a commercial cherry orchard in Milton-Freewater. Later the couple moved to a retirement center.
Survivors include his wife; children and their spouses, Blaine and Jackie Burford, Kim Burford, Zane Burford, Paul and Holly Burford, Erralee and Norm Cleveland and Paula and Bryan Mooso; 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and other relatives. The La Grande Observer Newspaper, La Grande, Union County, Oregon, dated (Monday) March 21, 2005.
Clifford E. Burford, 79, of College Place, Wash., and formerly of Union died March 9 at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, Wash. Burial was in the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Burford was born in 1926 to Orphia and Ivy Ross Burford in Union. He graduated from Union High School and served in the Marine Corps during World War II. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Presidential Unit Citation with four battle stars. In 1949 he married Paula Errolo Lay. He worked as a civil engineer and for the U.S. Forest Service. After an early retirement he had a commercial cherry orchard in Milton-Freewater. Later the couple moved to a retirement center.
Survivors include his wife; children and their spouses, Blaine and Jackie Burford, Kim Burford, Zane Burford, Paul and Holly Burford, Erralee and Norm Cleveland and Paula and Bryan Mooso; 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and other relatives. The La Grande Observer Newspaper, La Grande, Union County, Oregon, dated (Monday) March 21, 2005.
Mr. Burford was born in 1926 to Orphia and Ivy Ross Burford in Union. He graduated from Union High School and served in the Marine Corps during World War II. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Presidential Unit Citation with four battle stars. In 1949 he married Paula Errolo Lay. He worked as a civil engineer and for the U.S. Forest Service. After an early retirement he had a commercial cherry orchard in Milton-Freewater. Later the couple moved to a retirement center.
Survivors include his wife; children and their spouses, Blaine and Jackie Burford, Kim Burford, Zane Burford, Paul and Holly Burford, Erralee and Norm Cleveland and Paula and Bryan Mooso; 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and other relatives. The La Grande Observer Newspaper, La Grande, Union County, Oregon, dated (Monday) March 21, 2005.
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