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John Filbert Alford

19 Jun 1865 – 10 Sep 1948

Birth	19 Jun 1865
Death	10 Sep 1948
Cemetery	Alford Cemetery Harrisburg , Linn County , Oregon , USA
Added by	Pamela Thompson on 05 Jan 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5209657

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~~~~~~~~~~ Newspaper clipping - source unknown, but probably: THE REGISTER-GUARD Eugene, Lane Co., OR—_____ September 1948 OLDEST CITY EMPLOYE STUCK TO HARD WORK FOR 34 YEARS Death closed the career of Eugene's oldest city employe last Friday [September 10], but 83-year-old John F. Alford was actively on the job until the day before. Ordinarily, he would have been retired on Jan. 1, 1948, when provisions of the state public employes' retirement act went into force. But Alford, who had worked in the city maintenance department for 34 years, was not willing to quit. Furthermore, he knew virtually everything about Eugene's streets, sewers and other public facilities. In excellent health, his actual age surprised virtually everyone in city hall when it came to light during preparations for the retirement act. He applied for a year's reinstatement after his legal retirement and won his point. Maintenance Superintendent "Slim" Mullins says Alford's work after Jan. 1 further proved his ability to stay at work…. Alford was a native Oregonian, born of pioneer parents at Harrisburg in 1865. He married Lillie Belle Perkins, who survives, at Lancaster, March 16, 1892. Also surviving are six children, 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. His funeral service will be Tuesday at Poole-Larsen Mortuary at 10 a.m. He will be buried in Alford cemetery which was named for his family at Harrisburg. ~~~~~~~~~~

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Family

Parents

• Russell Alford 1824–1882
• Martha Jane Rogers Alford 1833–1918

Spouse

• Lillie Belle Perkins Alford 1874–1955

Siblings

• Jesse Cornelius Alford 1850–1896
• Elizabeth Alford Myers 1851–1880
• Thomas E. Alford 1853–1932
• Perlina Isabel Alford Hardisty 1854–1947
• Mary Catherine Alford Hardisty 1856–1926
• Delila Alford Walker Sheldon 1857–1933
• William Newton Alford 1858–1932
• James Russell Alford 1860–1861
• Lucinda Caroline Alford Singletary 1861–1950
• Matilda Kisiah "Mattie" Alford McPhee 1863–1945
• Albert Austin Alford 1867–1943
• Minerva Ella Alford Ingram 1869–1906
• Emma Charlotta Alford Clover 1870–1957
• Nora Alice Alford Ingram 1874–1953
• Melinda Frances Alford Hawke 1877–1963

Children

• William Everett Alford 1893–1981
• Emery Ray Alford 1895–1974
• Bessie Beatrice Alford Hatfield Matson 1898–1987
• Douglas Lee Alford 1902–1913
• Ivan Charles Alford 1906–1988
• Clell Leverne Alford 1908–1991
• Iva Leone Alford 1913–1914
• Doris Venietta Alford Tribble 1915–2010

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