Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ford, Winifred Bodnam August 14, 2005
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Virginian-Pilot August 15, 2005
NORFOLK - Winifred Bodnam Ford, of Powhatan Avenue, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 
14, 2005. Born on Sept. 4, 1923, in Granite City, Ill., she was the daughter of 
the late Fairy Duncan Bodnam and Brinley O. Bodnam, and was the widow of John 
Richard Ford Sr. Mrs. Ford graduated from Granite City High School, Class of 
1941, later joining the Nurses Cadet Corps and graduated from Norfolk General 
Hospital School of Nursing as a registered nurse. During her career she did 
private duty, general hospital staff nursing, office nursing, and was the first 
school nurse for Old Dominion College, now O.D.U. She was a member of Royster 
Presbyterian Church, Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, Edgewater Civic League, 
Edgewater Garden Club, and a circle of The Children's Hospital of the King's 
Daughters. Left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Elaine F. Brunson and 
her husband Duffy of Paeonian Springs, Va., and Catherine F. Moss and her 
husband John of Greenville, N.C.; a son, John Richard Ford Jr. and his partner 
Suzanne of Newport News; a sister, Gwen B. Weltge and her husband Wilfred of 
Dayton, Ohio; a brother, Brinley Edward Bodnam and his wife Marilyn of Granite 
City, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a number of nieces and 
nephews. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Royster 
Memorial Presbyterian Church by Dr. John R. Monroe. Burial will be private in 
Elmwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the building fund of 
Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church, 6901 Newport Ave., Norfolk, VA 23505. Cox 
Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

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