THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009 (Watertown Daily Times)
EDWARDS — Glenn H. Giffin, 84, Edwards, formerly of Russell, died Wednesday at Clifton-Fine Hospital, Star Lake.
He was a former Clare town justice, St. Lawrence County deputy sheriff and sexton for Pleasant View Cemetery, Clare. He was employed as a housekeeper for United Helpers Canton Nursing Home and as a miner for Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Star Lake and Benson Mines.
Born June 30, 1924, in Clare, son of Herbert and Beulah Colton Giffin, he was a 1943 graduate of Knox Memorial High School, Russell.
He married Claudia H. Dashnaw on Aug. 16, 1955, at Rensselaer Falls. She died Nov. 30, 2002.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a guide for the Stillwater Club.
Surviving are two sons, Harold, Housatonic, Mass., and Herbert, Canton; a daughter, Cheryl Tennent, Pennsylvania; a brother, Myron Fry, Russell, nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
There will be no funeral. A reception will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the Clare Fire Hall. Private burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery.
Calling hours will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at French Funeral Home, Edwards.
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