STAFFORD, Norma Blanche

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Saturday, December 24, 2011 Norma Blanche (Butler) Stafford passed away Dec. 21, 2011. She was born Oct. 1, 1926, to James Richard Butler and Agnes Blanch Crane Butler in Hartford, Conn. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Howard Ernest Stafford; two daughters, Sr. Terri Stafford and Eileen Stafford Frazier; son-in-law Patrick Frazier; and grandchildren Jenna Frazier and Brendan Frazier. She is also survived by her sister Grace (Butler) Brian. She moved to Phoenix, Ariz., in 1959, Prescott in 1998, then to Bella Vita Health and Rehabilitation Center in Glendale, due to Parkinson's disease. Longtime parishioners of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral Parish, Norma was involved in several prayer groups and was one of the first extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist to shut-ins, Beatitudes and Chris Ridge Nursing Homes. Visitation will be at 9 a.m., Rosary at 9:30 a.m. and Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, 6351 N. 27th Ave., Phoenix. Interment will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road, Phoenix. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to IBVM Loreto Sisters' Retirement Fund, 6351 N. 27th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85017. Arrangements by Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home. Information provided by survivors.