Gifford, Jonathan B.

Jonathan Gifford
Feb. 22, 1922-Oct. 27, 1986


Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 29, 1986, page 2, col. 2-3, microfilm Niles District Library

Jonathan B. Gifford, 64, of 1415 N. 5th St., Niles, died at 8 p.m. Monday at Woodfield Manor.

He was born Feb. 22, 1922, in Pangburn, Ark. On Dec. 8, 1953, he married Carolyn Govert who survives.

Also surviving are a son, John B. Gifford of Niles; a brother, Monroe Gifford of Pangburn; and three sisters, Dorothy Weekly of Greenville, Ill., Mildred White of Breeze, Ill. and Allene Ramsey of Chester, Ill.

Services are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home, with Rev. James Baker of Emmanuel Baptist Bible Church officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.