Mildred L. Kongdon
Mildred L. Kongdon, 86, of Vermillion, Ohio, formerly of Cortland-Mecca,
Ohio, died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000, at the Kingston Nursing Home in
Vermillion.  Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, 2000,
at the Greene Church of the Nazarene with burial in the Vienna Township
Cemetery in Vienna, Ohio. Shafer-Winans Funeral Home of Cortland will
direct.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, 2000, in the parlor
of the Shafer-Winans Funeral Home in Cortland, Ohio and from 10-11
a.m. Friday, Nov.  10, 2000, at the Greene Church of the Nazarene in
Vienna, Ohio.

She was born August 26, 1914 in Carbon Hill. She lived for many years
in the Cortland-Mecca, Ohio area and was employed in quality control at
Kennametal and a cook at Boyds Home in Kinsman, Ohio. She was a member
of the Greene Church of the Nazarene and a member of SCOPE.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Birdsill Kongdon; daughter,
Frances Alverta Brown; her parents, James and Artie Lee Wilson Lakey;
three brothers, Carrol Lakey, Odell Lakey and Ted Lakey; and sister,
Dawn Black.

She is survived by two daughters, Artie Sue Pisanelli of Parma, Ohio
and Betty Jane Lytle of Amherst, Ohio; two sons, James Levi Stanford of
Amherst, Ohio and George Herbert Stanford of Greene, Ohio; one brother,
James Harvey Lakey of Sumiton; one sister, Jimmie Tolbert of Jasper;
13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Ref: Daily Mountain Eagle; Announcements Section, Deaths and Funerals;
published November 06, 2000, 10:23 PM CST in Jasper Alabama.

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The Morning Journal; Lorain OH; 2000-11-7

MILDRED L. KONGDON 86

Vermilion - Mildred L. Kongdon, 86, of Vermilion, formerly of Cortland and
Mecca, died Sunday, November 5, 2000, at Kingston of Vermilion Nursing Home.

She was born August 26, 1914, in Carbon Hill, AL.  She lived for many years
in the Cortland-Mecca area.

Mrs. Kongdon worked in  quality control at Kennametal.  She also worked as a
cook at Boyds Home in Kinsman.

She was an active member  of Greene Church of the Nazarene, Greene, and
SCOPE.  She enjoyed pie-making, quilting and bingo.

Survivors include daughters Sue Pisanelli of Parma and Betty Jane Lytle of
Amherst; sons James Levi Stanford of Amherst and George Herbert Stanford of
Greene; brother, James Harvey Lakey of Summiton, AL; sister, Jimmie Tolbert
of Jasper, AL; and 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.  She was
preceded in death by her parents, James and Artie Lee Wilson Lakey; husband
Birdsill Kongdon , in 1988; daughters, Frances Alverta Brown; brothers
Carrol Lakey, Odell Lakey and Ted Lakey; and sister, Dawn Black.

Friends may call Thursday 6 to 8 p.m. at Shafer-Winans Funeral Home, 164 N.
High St., Cortland, and Friday from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m.
in Greene Church of the Nazarene, SR 46, North Bloomfield.  Burial will be
in Vienna Township Cemetery, Vienna.