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Obituary: Shirley Ann Sanford, 81, of Wallingford

She married and became a homemaker and raised her family. She later worked as a medical assembler for Corometrics until retiring.

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Shirley Ann Sanford, 81, of Wallingford, wife of Edsel Sanford, passed away February 19, 2019 at Regency House in Wallingford. She was born in La-Rue, Ohio on January 7, 1938, a daughter of the late Odd and Lucile (Vilger) Sessler

She married and became a homemaker and raised her family. In her later years she worked as a medical assembler for Corometrics until retiring.

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In addition to her husband, Edsel, she is survived by her daughter, Paula Galvin and her husband, Greg of California; her sons, Michael Sanford and his wife, Melinda, of Wallingford and Guy Sanford and his wife, Jennifer, of Middletown; her sister, Roma Sanford and her husband, Wendell, of Ansonia; her brother, Richard Sessler; 13 grandchildren; and 3 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brothers, Otho, Lloyd, Lowell, and Kenneth Sessler; and her sisters, Donna Adams, Rita Walters, Alfreda Parchmore, Betty Rebel, Evelyn Runkles, and Wanda Sessler.

For more information and to leave online condolences, visit Wallingford Funeral Home here.

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