Nora L. Sanford Obituary (1919 - 2008)

Louise Sanford, 88, of Pontiac, formally of Odell, died at 11 a.m. Saturday (Feb. 16, 2008) at Livingston Manor Nursing Home, Pontiac. Her service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Paul Catholic Church in Odell. Father Peter Pilon will officiate. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in St. Paul Catholic Cemetery in Odell. Duffy Funeral Home, Odell, is in charge of arrangements. She was born March 5, 1919, in Nevada Township near Odell, a daughter of Charles V. Sanford and Sabina Ruddy Sanford Louise raised William Corrigan and Edward Corrigan, both of Pontiac, and Margaret Snyder Colclasure of Decatur, from infancy, also niece and nephew surviving locally are Elizabeth Potts and John "Terry" Sanford. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Michael, Charles, Anthony and Vincent Sanford; one sister, Mary Bernice Sanford; one niece, Grace "Toni" Sanford; and one nephew, Patrick Sanford. Louise had been a nurses aid for 16 years, retiring in 1984 from the Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Streator. Louise was educated in McGreevy Country School in Nevada Township. She had been a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of the St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Sunbury. Family suggest memorials be made to the charity of the donor's choice