Sandra PADELLFORD

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Nevada, Story Co., Iowa
• Census: 1925, Living with parents in Nevada, Story Co., Iowa
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Nevada, Story Co., Iowa
• Census: 1940, Living in Nevada, Story Co., Iowa

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From Nevada Journal April 1983

CLIFFORD PADELLFORD

Clifford Padellford, 70, a former resident and mayor of Nevada, died Friday, April 15, 1983 in Tucson, Ariz.

Padellford was born on November 16, 1912. He was in the restaurant business in Nevada for many years. He served six terms as the mayor of Nevada before moving to Des Moines in 1954.

Padellford is survived by his wife, Vere; three daughters, Dolores Townsley, Sondra McPherson and Mary Lou Hartman, all of Des Moines; three sisters and one brother; and 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 19 at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Lutheran Church in Nevada. The family will be at the Donald Nelson home, 1117 H Ave., Monday evening from 7-8 p.m. for visitation.

Cooper Funeral Home, Maxwell, is in charge of the arrangements. A memorial fund has been established.

Clifford married Vera A. NELSON on 19 Sep 1931 in Carthage, Illinois. Vera was born on 5 May 1913 in Nevada, Story County, Iowa; died on 22 Aug 1994 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa; was buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, Story Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Fred W. Nelson and Edna Rachel Smith
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Nevada, Story Co., Iowa

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From Ames Tribune August 1994

Vere Padellford
May 5, 1913-Aug. 22, 1994

Vere Padellford, 81, of Des Moines, died Monday of an aneurysm at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Nevada Christian Church-Disciples of Christ, with Dr. Fred C. Danforth officiating. Burial will be in the Nevada Municipal Cemetery.

Vere Nelson was born in Nevada to Fred W. and Edna R. (Smith) Nelson. She married Clifford Padellford in Carthage, Ill., on Sept. 19, 1931. A resident of Des Moines since 1954, she had been employed as a cashier at Dahl's Food Store until her retirement in 1975. Her hobbies included painting, crocheting and knitting.

She is survived by three daughters, DeLoris Townsley and Sondra McPherson, both of Des Moines, and Mary Lou Relph of Colfax; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1983, three brothers and a granddaughter.

Visitation will be Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m., with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Cooper-Ryan Funeral Home in Nevada. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.