Paul Faford

Visitation for Paul F. Faford, 88, of Bourbonnais, will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. George Catholic Church, where he was a member. The Rev. Kenneth Yarno will officiate.Burial will be in St. George Catholic Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Kankakee Valley or to St. George Catholic Church. He died Wednesday (Jan. 21, 2009) at his home.Mr. Faford was the owner/operator of the Norford Kennels in Bourbonnais since 1960. He had also worked at Kroehler Manufacturing for more than 21 years and for Illinois Fabricators for 26 years, retiring in 1986. He was born June 17, 1920, in Kankakee, the son of Thomas and Jeanette Rivard Faford. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during World War II in Germany and France with the 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment (1944-1946). He was a member of the St. George American Legion Post 1164 and the Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society. He taught dog obedience classes for many years. He enjoyed woodworking, flower and vegetable gardening, birdwatching and history. He loved to play poker and enjoyed watching the Cubs, White Sox and Bears.Surviving are his wife, the former Norma MacKenzie, of Bourbonnais, whom he married July 6, 1940, at the St. Rose Parsonage, in Kankakee; three sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Linda Faford of Canyon Lake, Texas, Michael and Kay Faford of Kankakee, Steven and Cindi Faford of Bourbonnais; one daughter, Jane Keltner of New Lenox; 11 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; two stepgrandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren; four sisters and two brothers-in-law, Gloria Pukall of Ft. Collins, Colo., Patricia Memenga of Kankakee, Joan and Ray Hourihan of Bourbonnais, Deanna and Jerry LaRocque of Bradley; one half brother, Robert and Jean Guimond of Bourbonnais; one stepsister-in-law, Pearl Guimond of Arizona; and one half sister-in-law, Donna Guimond.Deceased are his stepfather who helped raise him, August "Pete" Guimond; one brother, Bernard Faford; one half brother, Bernard Guimond; one stepbrother, Donald Guimond; and two brothers-in-law, Fred Pukall and Merle Memenga.

Paul Faford

June 17, 1920 - January 21, 2009