(July 19, 1940-January 11, 2005)

NORWOOD--Ronald Dufore, 64, Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Norwood, died Tuesday in Phoenix.

Mr. Dufore worked as an X-ray technician in Phoenix until retiring Jan. 7.

Born July 19, 1940, in Norwood, son of Joseph and Iva Christy Dufore, he graduated from Norwood High School and served in the Navy for 11 years.

Surviving are three sisters and their husbands, Maureen and Francis Gonyea, Norfolk, Irene and Philip French, Syracuse, and Linda and Daniel Brooks, Bedford, Ind.

Two brothers, Amos and Gerald, and two sisters, Pearl Peacock and Betty Cheeseman, died before him.

A memorial service will be at 9 a.m. Friday at Grimshaw Mortuary, Phoenix.

(From the Friday, January 14, 2005 edition of the Watertown Daily Times, page D7).