Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gonce, Edna Swink November 13, 1948 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 June 18, 2019, 5:50 pm Norfolk Virginian Pilot Sunday November 14, 1948 Mrs. Edna Swink Gonce, 64, widow of John Gonce, died at a Montreal, Canada hospital yesterday morning. She had been in ill health for six months. She was the daughter of the late David A. and Mrs. Margaret Ellen Cress Swink. A native of Rowan County, N.C., she had been a resident of Norfolk for 30 years, residing at 623 Rhode Island Avenue, Colonial Place. She had been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Paul Jokelson, in Montreal, since early July. In addition to her daughter, she is survived by a son, C. William Gonce, of San Francisco; three brothers, Charles H Swink, of Norfolk, D.M. Swink, of Swan Quarter, N.C. and Walter L. Swink, of Baltimore; two grandchildren, Catherine Irene Jokelson and Lucinda Gonce; two nieces, Mrs. A. Douglas Smith, Jr., of Richmond and Mrs. Walter C. Feimster, Jr., of Wynnwood, Pa. and two nephews, Frederick G. Swink and Gilbert R. Swink, Jr., of Norfolk. Mrs. Gonce was a member of the First Lutheran Church and an active member of its Sunday School, where she was pianist for many years. The body will be brought to Norfolk and taken to the Cox Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at the First Lutheran Church Thursday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Luther W. Strickler, pastor. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Her children will arrive in Norfolk Tuesday and will be at the family residence. Additional Comments: Forest Lawn File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/g/gonce16268gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb