Marian Safford's Obituary
Marian Safford, age 80, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, passed away on November 25, 2023, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was born on December 12, 1942, in Winchester, England, to Ernest and Henrietta Dickerson. Marian moved to the United States with her family when she was 15. She graduated from St. Francis School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio, with a degree in Nursing. Marian married Robert Safford on August 15, 1970, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For the last 23 years they had lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia, before moving back to Fayetteville recently. Marian has always been an active member of the Episcopal Church, wherever she has lived.
She was preceded in death by her parents. Marian is survived by her husband, Robert; three daughters, Marian Mitchell and her husband Joe, Susan Safford and her husband, Gregory Berzinski, and Pamela McCarty and her husband Matt. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Anna, Gregory, Darcy, Benjamin, and Joshua; and two sisters, Jill Gibbs and her husband Mike, and Lynda Khouzam and husband Hani.
There will be a private interment at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio. In lieu of flowers or gifts the family would suggest donations to St. Simon's by the Sea Episcopal Church, 308 Sandbridge Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456.
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