Mildred Diaz

Funeral services for Mildred Diaz will be held Monday, January 7, 2008 in the Swearingen Funeral Chapel, Seminole, Oklahoma at 2:00pm with Larry Sneed officiating. Graveside services will be held in New York. Mildred will be laid to rest next to her husband in Willet, New York.rnrnServices are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home, 100 W. Strothers, Seminole, Oklahoma 74868.rnrnMildred Gofosky Diaz, 81, of Bowlegs, Oklahoma formerly of Willet, New York passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2008, at Seminole Hospital in Seminole, Oklahoma.rnrnMildred was born in Willet, New York on October 22, 1926, to the late Stanley and Bessie (Sorosigk) Gofgosky. She married Jesus ?Jesse? Diaz of Solon Pond, New York on July 15, 1946, they enjoyed 61 years together.rnrnMildred grew up and lived most of her life on the Family Dairy Farm in Willet, New York, where she and Jesse raised seven children. Mildred also worked at the old Smith Corona Plant in Cortland, New York, Cresent Corset in Marathon, New York and farmed for a few years in Marathon, New York. She lived her last twenty plus years with Jesse in Bowlegs, Oklahoma. She loved to bowl, play pitch and bingo with the many wonderful friends she enjoyed during her lifetime. Mildred had two green thumbs and one of her greatest joys was her flowers, she could make anything green thrive and did. She also enjoyed crocheting and making dolls. In her younger years she was an avid basketball player while attending Cincinnatus Central School.rnrnShe is survived by her brothers, Leon and Mary Gofkowski of Willet, New York, and Walter and Patricia Gofosky of Texas Valley, New York, children Diane Johnson of Seminole, Oklahoma, Jesse Diaz of Syracuse, New York, Kenneth and Patricia (Gilbert) Diaz of Cincinnatus, New York, Donna Goff of New Milford, Pennsylvania, Darla and Larry Rutan of Willet, New York and Debi and Michael Docalavich of Maiden, North Carolina, 20 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and other family and friends. rnrnShe was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Jesus ?Jesse? Diaz on May 24, 2007, her son Stanley Jess Diaz in 1973, her great granddaughter Jessica Mae Rice in 1994, her brother Edward Gofgosky, her sister Stella (Gofgosky) Landers, and her sister Helen (Gofgosky) Whitaker. rnrn Funeral Information: January 6, 2008, 2:00 AM