Frances “Cricket” Ingersoll Staniford, 94, of Vero Beach, passed away peacefully at home on May 13, 2016.
She is survived by her three daughters, Carolyn Staniford Sollis, Martha Staniford Myers and Virginia Staniford Reid; sons-in-law Todd Bryant Sollis, Matthew King Myers and Francis Joseph Reid; grandsons Edwin Bryant Sollis II, Jonathan Gardner Sollis and Alexander Rockwell Reid.
She was preceded in death by her husband of almost 70 years, Rockwell Simpson Staniford “Rocky,” who died in Vero Beach on April 22, 2016.
Born in Hartford, Conn., daughter of John Avery Ingersoll and Elinor Bulkeley Ingersoll, she attended the Masters School and was a graduate of Smith College, Class of 1943.
She moved to New York City and was a System Service Operator for Remington Rand.
She and Rocky raised their family in Rochester, N.Y., where she was instrumental in the development of the Rochester Children’s Nursery (now the Rochester Childfirst Network), active in the Ebony Twig, Rochester Landmark Society, President of the Allen’s Creek Garden Club and lifetime member of the Colonial Dames.
Staniford spent every summer of her life in Fenwick, Conn., and eventually moved there and to Vero Beach where she and Rocky enjoyed boating, fishing, and golf. She was also a very sharp bridge player and superb hostess.
A memorial service for her and Rocky Staniford will be held June 2, at 4 p.m., at St. Mary’s-By-the-Sea, in Fenwick. Contributions in her name may be made to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center www.mskcc.org.
