Harold Roy French, 89, of Bluford, died Wednesday morning, April 27, 2016 at his home. He was a lifelong farmer and worked construction until retiring in 1982. He was a graduate of Mt. Vernon Township High School and served as a school board member of Webber Township High School. He was a member of Donoho Prairie Christian Church and a veteran of the US Navy, serving in the Japanese Theatre at the end of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Alletta French of Bluford; three daughters, Cathy Bennett and husband Donald of Wayne City, Peggy Gardner and husband Lynn of Salem and Brenda Craig and fiancé Steve Jackson of Texico; six grand children, Emily Jones of Fairfield, Jonathan Gardner of Salem, Randy Gardner of Knoxville, Tennessee, Joshua Craig of Boulder Creek, California, Robert French-Ytterberg of Denver, Colorado and Aaron French-Ytterberg of Corvalis, Oregon; and two great-grand-children, Gavin and Taylor Jones of Fairfield.
Funeral services for Harold Roy French will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, with burial in Wells Chapel Cemetery.
Visitation will be held 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30 until the time of service at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the donor’s favorite charity and will be accepted at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix.