SPRINGDALE Ark. — Caroline Della Stafford, a longtime Addison County resident, died March 18, 2022, at the age of 88.

She was born in Newport, N.H., Sept. 30, 1933, the daughter of Sadie Isabella Holt and Charles Horace Ryan. She married Fred Stafford May 10,  1977, in Middlebury, Vt.

Those surviving her include Judy Bell, Jay Turpin, Jody (Vinita) Turpin, Jon (Sherry) Turpin, four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her three husbands, Robert Simpson, Marcel Turpin and Fred Stafford, and her grandson Ben Turpin.

Contributions in her name can be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.