Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Shofner, William Frederick March 14, 2019
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Hollomon-Brown Funeral Homes. March 16, 2019
William Frederick Shofner, 91, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, passed away on March 
14, 2019.
He was born November 13, 1927 in Clovis, New Mexico to Frederick Merlin and Olga 
Ida (Goetze) Shofner and was married to Gertrude (Trudy) MacGillivray for 66 
years. He was the last surviving sibling of one brother and four sisters: Daniel 
Shofner, Mary Roberts, Florence Scanlin, Theresa Bassett, and Thelma Shofner. Bill 
is survived by three children: Janet (Jim) Durham of Houston, Texas; Aleta (Tom) 
Winterling of Scottsdale, Arizona; and Mark (Sharon) Shofner of Virginia Beach, 
Virginia; thirteen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
After high school, Bill went to southern California where he spent most of his 
adult life. He started out as an airplane mechanic in Long Beach, taking night 
school classes at local colleges while providing for his family. He continued 
working in the aviation industry as a draftsman and mechanical engineer for 
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company and others. He also worked in the oil and gas 
industry as a piping designer, spending time in Prudhoe Bay during construction of 
the Alaska Pipeline and the refineries of southern California.
Bill liked camping, archery, a variety of martial arts – he was a 7th degree black 
belt in Aikido – and was a cartoonist. He was a do-it-yourselfer engaged in many 
handyman projects around the house. Bill and Trudy liked to see new things and 
were always taking the family on some outing. After he retired, Bill and Trudy 
moved to Parks, AZ, where he built his dream dome house. They eventually moved to 
Virginia Beach to be closer to family.
The family will receive friends at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel 
on Friday, April 26, 2019, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The funeral mass will be celebrated 
at the Catholic Church of Saint Mark on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at 11 a.m. 
Interment will follow at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. The family requests that in 
lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at 
https://www.alz.org/seva.

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