Elsie M. Humphrey, of Virginia Beach, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at the age of 86 years. She was born in Norfolk, VA to Wade Pearce and Lucy Watson Pearce on September 20, 1930. She retired after 30 years at C & P / Verizon Telephone Company.
Throughout her career, and in her free time after retirement, she was a devoted member of the Communications Workers of America Union and was a Telephone Pioneers of America Life Member. She had a vibrant personality that lit up a room, and was loved by many. She will be dearly missed.
Elsie was preceded in death by her parents; husband Fred Humphrey; sister Thelma Davis; sister Hazel Wagner; sister Rheba Modlin, brother Paul Pearce; and brother Roy Pearce.
Note: Names of living relatives removed for privacy.
Throughout her career, and in her free time after retirement, she was a devoted member of the Communications Workers of America Union and was a Telephone Pioneers of America Life Member. She had a vibrant personality that lit up a room, and was loved by many. She will be dearly missed.
Elsie was preceded in death by her parents; husband Fred Humphrey; sister Thelma Davis; sister Hazel Wagner; sister Rheba Modlin, brother Paul Pearce; and brother Roy Pearce.
Note: Names of living relatives removed for privacy.
Elsie M. Humphrey, of Virginia Beach, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at the age of 86 years. She was born in Norfolk, VA to Wade Pearce and Lucy Watson Pearce on September 20, 1930. She retired after 30 years at C & P / Verizon Telephone Company.
Throughout her career, and in her free time after retirement, she was a devoted member of the Communications Workers of America Union and was a Telephone Pioneers of America Life Member. She had a vibrant personality that lit up a room, and was loved by many. She will be dearly missed.
Elsie was preceded in death by her parents; husband Fred Humphrey; sister Thelma Davis; sister Hazel Wagner; sister Rheba Modlin, brother Paul Pearce; and brother Roy Pearce.
Note: Names of living relatives removed for privacy.
Throughout her career, and in her free time after retirement, she was a devoted member of the Communications Workers of America Union and was a Telephone Pioneers of America Life Member. She had a vibrant personality that lit up a room, and was loved by many. She will be dearly missed.
Elsie was preceded in death by her parents; husband Fred Humphrey; sister Thelma Davis; sister Hazel Wagner; sister Rheba Modlin, brother Paul Pearce; and brother Roy Pearce.
Note: Names of living relatives removed for privacy.
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