Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Woodard, Frances Adler Pistorius December 16, 2019
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Virginian-Pilot January 5, 2020
Frances Adler Pistorius Woodard died in DeLand, Florida on December 16, 2019, 
age 100.
Frances was a native of Norfolk, Virginia, born to Blanche Fantone Winter 
Pistorius and George Pistorius on April 10, 1919. The family name was also 
spelled Pestorius. Frances was the sister of Mary Winter Johnson, John Edgar 
Winter, Ida Winter Demma and Claudia Winter Sams, all of whom predeceased her. 
She is survived by a younger sister, Maxine Catherine Pestorius Hughes, age 98.
Frances was a graduate of St. Mary’s Academy of Norfolk. She was a life-long and 
devoted Catholic and a parishioner for many years of St. Mary’s in downtown 
Norfolk, and later of Holy Trinity in Ocean View.
In 1941, Frances married her loving husband of over 50 years, Clarence Lellon 
Woodard, who predeceased her in 1993. Together they raised six children, Carol 
Boston, Joan Haedrich, Constance Sturdevant (William), Bernadette Crick (Noel), 
Stephen Woodard (Susan) and Paul Woodard.
After leaving Virginia in the 1950s, Frances and her husband lived for a while 
in San Leandro and Coronado, California, and later San Antonio, Texas, before 
settling permanently in central Florida in the early 1970s.
After relocating to DeLand, Frances and Clarence owned and leased commercial 
properties and operated a series of small businesses in town including the Dixie 
House Restaurant in the 1980s. They were parishioners of St. Peter’s Catholic 
Church, members of its choir, and very active in local community theater - 
acting, producing, directing, designing and building sets, and sewing costumes - 
for the Shoestring and Stetson University theaters, among others.
Frances loved an audience and was an amateur artist in the truest sense, drawn 
to various pursuits for the sheer love of doing, and enjoyed painting, singing, 
dancing, socializing, playing bridge, and living life as if upon a stage. She 
was well travelled, having enjoyed numerous trips across the United States and 
through many countries in Europe and Asia.
In addition to her 6 children, she is also survived by 11 grandchildren and 17 
great-grandchildren. A mass and burial will be held in Norfolk, Virginia in 
early 2020.


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