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Creation Date
10-25-1965
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Mary Ellen (Patten) Stafford (1894 - 1987)
Caption: "Weatherford, Okla.: Surrounded by friends and well-wishers, Mrs. Mary Stafford, mother of astronaut Thomas Stafford, appears on the front porch of her home after the disappointing news that the Gemini flight had been scrubbed. L to R front row are Mrs. M. E. McPhetridge Sr., a neighbor; Mrs. Stafford; Mrs. Ethel Staker, Washington, D.C., a sister; L to R rear are Mrs. Myrtle J. Cooper, Amarillo, Tex., (face partly hidden); Mrs. Harry Schneider, La Sierra, Calif., a cousin, and Mrs. Richard McPhetridge, a neighbor. UPI TELEPHOTO"
Born 13 Oct 1894 in Kansas, United States
Died 19 Aug 1987 at age 92 in Weatherford, Custer, Oklahoma, United States