Juanita (Fenn) Stafford

Juanita (Fenn) Stafford, 86 of Tipton died at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Miller's Merry Manor in Tipton. She was born on February 26, 1930 in Howard County, Indiana to Ernest & Jessie (Conn) Fenn. On January 15, 1952 she married William "Art" Stafford and he preceded her in death on February 10, 2015.

Juanita was a homemaker, farm wife, and a graduate of Sharpsville Prairie High School. She was a member of Sharpsville United Methodist Church, Lamplighter's Home Demonstration Club, Sharpsville Home Demonstration Club, American Legion Women's Auxiliary, and Sharpsville Ladies Bridge Club. Juanita also was a school bus driver for Taylor Township.

She is survived by two daughters, Deborah Kay Hardy and husband Ron of Centennial, Colorado, Marcia Mae Jones and husband Richard of Sharpsville; seven grandchildren, Samantha Stephens, Alena Stephens (Jarett Biesecker), Jennifer Hardy, Ryan Hardy (Kristin Fawn), Casey Jones and wife Shannon, Jessica Jones, and Tonya Jones; six great-grandchildren; Logan Hetzner (Meghan Collier), Bodhi Sagarsee, Ariyeh Guy, Aislinn Biesecker, Olwyn Biesecker, and Darshan Dempsey; a sister-in-law, Sally Fenn Smith, Kokomo. She was preceded in death by a sister, Catherine Stella Parks and a brother, Eugene Fenn.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 28 at Young-Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Kent Dunn and Pastor Mandie Gould presiding. Burial will follow at Kempton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to the Sharpsville United Methodist Church, 228 W. Meridian St., Sharpsville, Indiana, 46068.