Mark O. Sanford was born in the Town of Genesee, N. Y., April 14, 1892, a son of Albert and Salina Barber Sanford. He married the former Edna Burdick in New Market, N. J., in 1921. She died in 1957. He then married the former Grace Burdick in 1958, who died in 1970.
Surviving are two sons, Gordon L. Sanford of Little Genesee, N. Y., and the Rev. Don A. Sanford of Milton, Wis.; nine grandchildren and a great-granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
Mark was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Little Genesee; a teacher in the Sabbath School; a deacon, trustee, and a licensed (life license) lay minister of his church. He served as lay pastor of the Waterford, Conn., church and was also a missionary pastor of the church at Fouke, Ark.
He filled many other responsible positions in the community and of Western New York. He was noted for the maple syrup which he boiled down on his farm at Little Genesee.
Memorial services were held at the Little Genesee church with his son, the Rev. Don A. Sanford, giving the tribute. Rev. Kenneth B. Van Horn officiated.
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