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Oakland Tribune 11 Feb 1960

ALFORD, John Harmon Sr., In Oakland,
February 9, 1960, beloved husband
of Daisy G. Alford; loving
father of Franklin B. Alford and
John Harmon Alford Jr.; brother of
Nell Kaiser of Palo Alto, D M.
Alford of Oakland, and the late
Grace Hallett, Temple Bosworth,
Robert Alford and Susan White.
Also leaves three grandchildren. A
native of Cottonwood; aged 74
years. A member of Woodstock
Lodge No. 491, F. and A. M. and
the Pioneer Club of the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company.

Friends are respectfully invited
to attend funeral services Friday,
February 12, at 3 p.m. at the Fruitvale
chapel of the Clarence N.
Cooper Mortuaries, 1530 Fruitvale
Avenue. Interment, Evergreen Cemetery,
Oakland. (Phone KE 3-41??? )
Parking area adjacent to chapel.