Maiden Name: Frieda Van HarreveldBirth Date: 06/15/1937Birth Place: Pasadena, California, USADate of Death: 09/05/2024Place of Death: Vancouver, Washington, USA Frieda Ford [nee Van Harreveld] passed away on September 5, 2024, at the age of 87, in Vancouver, Washington, where she and her husband Oscar “Ozzie” Ford moved in the spring of 2020. Frieda and Ozzie […]
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Elizabeth “Nell” Fozard
“Nell” was born in “the Patch”, a small mining community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She was one of six children born to miner Edward Walkos and his wife Elizabeth. She would decide at an early age that she didn’t want to be a coal miner’s daughter forever and as soon as she graduated from high school she travelled to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and began training at Saint John’s School of Nursing.
John Howard “Jack” (Swain) Mayer
My friend, “Jack” Mayer, died while picking up his mail on April 29, 2026. He was born, John Howard Swain in Sterling Colorado. His mother, Rita, was a hair dresser and his father, John Howard Swain, was a musician in a band.
