Robert C. Gifford, formerly of England and Colorado, died April 11, 2006, at a hospital in Colorado. He was 77 years old.

Mr. Gifford had worked for the United Nations Department of Food and Agriculture in Italy until his retirement. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Survivors include his wife, Jean, several children and a brother Jack Gifford and his wife Helen of Vashon.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at Island Funeral Service.

Interment will follow at the Vashon Cemetery where he will be laid next to his parents.