Denny Hartford
Denny Hartford has been the Director of Vital Signs Ministries for over 38 years. A courageous and creative Christian activist, Denny has not only led one of the most active, most influential pro-life agencies in the nation, he also has maintained a busy regimen of traveling, speaking and organizing similar ministries across the nation. Denny's popularity as a speaker and inventive educator, however, is based largely upon his own example of personal spirituality and commitment to effectively "rescue those being led away to slaughter." For example, he has served for over a quarter of century as a sidewalk counselor at Omaha-area abortion mills and was one of the first evangelicals to be involved in peaceful "rescue" actions. In addition, Denny and his wife, Claire, were the principal founders of the AAA Center for Pregnancy Counseling (Now Assure Women's Center)
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Claire Hartford
Claire Hartford (actually, Claire Marie Theresa Aylward Hartford!) was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was the oldest daughter in a family of eight children and was educated at Cathedral School and later at Pius X High School. Being very close to their father, it was a severe tragedy for the kids to lose him to a massive heart attack when he was a relatively young man. Claire's mother, Evelyn, bravely took over the helm, raising the children even as she returned to work to provide for them. Claire was 12 when her dad died.
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