Wolford

Grace M. Wolford, 89, of Poland, Ohio, formerly of Chicora, died Monday evening in the Hospice House, Poland, Ohio.

She was born Oct. 15, 1920, in Chicora, the daughter of the late Charles A. Hoover and the late Pearl E. Cooper Hoover.

Grace had been a secretary for Metal-Carbide in Youngstown, Ohio, for many years.

She enjoyed china painting, sewing, quilting and listening to bluegrass music.

Surviving are two sisters-in-law, Doris Wolford of Rogers, Ohio, and Connie Wolford of Karns City; and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

She married John J. Wolford on May 30, 1952, and he died Feb. 4, 2000. She also was preceded in death by a sister, Alice Hemphill, who died June 15, 2009.

<B>WOLFORD</B> — Friends of Grace M. Wolford, who died Monday, May 24, 2010, will be received from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at <B>STEIGHNER FUNERAL HOME</B>, 111 E. Slippery Rock and Main streets, Chicora. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. James A. Higgins, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chicora, officiating Burial will be in Hillview Cemetery, Kepples Corners/Chicora.In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Hospice House of the Valley, Campus of Assumption Village Nursing Home, 9803 Sharrott Road, Poland, OH 44514.For more information, directions or to extend condolences to her family, go to www.steighnerfuneralhome.com.