Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007 This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. Dafford James W 810316 np Father of Local Man Dies at 56; Modesto � The father of a Patterson man died Friday in a Modesto hospital after a long illness. He was James W. Dafford, 56. A son, Ronald Dafford, is a Patterson resident. A native of Kansas, he had lived in Modesto since 1963. He was a World War II veteran and a construction worker. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today, Monday, at Sales Brothers Funeral Chapel in Modesto, with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Survivors include six sons, Robert, Russell, Raymond, Richard and Roger Dafford, all of Modesto, and Ronald Dafford of Patterson; a daughter, Jeanne Kay Newton of Missouri, five sisters including Charlene Howe and Ruby Coleman of Hughson; his father, Charles Spradley of Turlock, and four grandchildren.