Florence Wurfer, daughter

of Gould and Minnie

Dumond Gavette, went to

be with her Lord on the 13th

of January, 2008, she was

92. She had been a patient

at Beachtree Care Center

in Ithaca for two and a half

years.

She was born June

25, 1915, in Wallingford,

CT. She was married to

Robert Wurfer in Dec 1943,

who predeceased her

1957. She graduated from

Walton Central School in

1933. During WWII she

worked at Scint i l la in

Sidney. She moved to Apex

where she raised her

girls and lots of produce.

Later in life she moved to

Walton where she kept

many homes and

businesses clean. She

found joy in her family and

gardening. She took fresh

flowers from her gardens to

The First Baptist Church of

Walton every week, where

she was an active church

member. She was also

active in the Walton

Historical Society.

She was devoted to her sister Gladys Gavette who predeceased her in 1999 and she was also

predeceased by four half brothers and sisters: Mildred, Kenneth, Foster and Cecil. She

is survived by daughters Elaine and her husband Richard Saunders of Ithaca and Cheryle and her husband Scott Ostrander of Fish's Eddy, four grandchildren Rebecca

Brownell, Jodi Decker, Scott Ostrander and Sandra Saunders as well as five greatgrandchildren.

Friends and relatives are invited to call on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 from 1 to 3 PM at the Clark, Winter & Courtney Funeral Home, 25 Townsend St. Walton. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 4 PM at the First Baptist Church, 55 Townsend St. Walton, with the Rev. Jay O'Connor, officiating.