Funeral services were Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Delphi for Hubert J. Clifford, 79, of Delphi who died Saturday, Feb. 13, 1982, at 1:25 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette. He had been a patient five days and in ill health three months. Born Nov. 2, 1902, his parents were James and Margaret McClain Clifford. He married Lucile Crosby in 1932 and she survives. A graduate of St. Joseph Catholic High School in Delphi, he attended St. Joseph College in Rensselaer. He formerly owned Clifford’s Grocery in Delphi and retired as expitator in 1969 from Globe Valve Corporation in Delphi. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Delphi and Knights of Columbus Council. Surviving with the wife are one daughter, Mrs. Richard (Kathleen) Hawn of Delphi; one son, Father David Clifford, pastor of St. Bern ard’s Catholic Church in Crawfordsville; one sister, Mrs. Fred (Josephine) Thieme of Lafayette; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two children, four brothers and two sisters. Priests of the Diocese officiated for the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery in Delphi. Thompson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church of the Diabetes Association.

Delphi Carroll County Comet February 17, 1982