Frances E. Pierce, aged 82, of Deerfield
Township, died Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004, in the South Jersey Health Care
Regional Medical Center in Vineland. She had been in failing health for the
past 7 months.
The wife of the late Luther S. Pierce,
Sr., who passed away in November of 2000, she was born in Bridgeton on Feb.
24, 1922, the daughter of the late Alverna Cuff. She was raised by the late
Howard and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Stewart.
Prior to her retirement 10 years ago, she
had worked for the former Seible & Stern Sewing Factory in Bridgeton and had
driven school bus for Pierce’s Bus Service. She retired from the Cumberland
County C A T S program as a communications operator and senior bus radio
dispatcher.
Frances was a faithful member of St.
John’s United Methodist Church in Fordville, serving as president of the
Senior Usher Board. She was a member of Wenonah Temple # 165 in Bridgeton,
the Nora F. Taylor Council of Southern New Jersey and was a Past State
President, Past, Past Grand Daughter Ruler of the Grand Temple and Grand
District Deputy of the I. B. P. O. Elks of the World. Also Past Matron of
Ionic Chapter # 15, O. E. S., P.H.A of Bridgeton, the Colonial Riders
Motorcycle Club and Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians. She was an avid reader
and also loved to travel.
Survivors include: one son, Luther S.
Pierce, Jr. and his wife Ivanette, Deerfield Township; three grandchildren,
Cathy Zehrung and her husband Dave, Silverton, Or., LuAnn Echevarria and her
husband Edwin, Millville and Luther S. Pierce, III and his wife Dawn of
Upper Deerfield Township; two sisters, Josephine Bevans, Chester, PA. and
Ethel Jordan, Far Rockaway, N.Y.; four great grandchildren, Dionisia
Echevarria, Antonio Echevarria, Danielle Zehrung and Luther S. Pierce, IV,
along with several nieces, nephews and many friends. She was preceded in
death by a daughter, Pauline Pierce, two brothers, Clifford Fouat and LeRoy
Johnson and one sister, Mildred Johnson.
Funeral services will be on Saturday
morning, August 28th at 11:00 O’clock in the Padgett Funeral Home, 1107
State Highway 77, Upper Deerfield Township. Burial will be made in Fordville
Memorial Park, Fairfield Township. Friends will be received on Friday
evening between 7:00 and 9:00 O’clock and on Saturday morning between 10:00
and 11:00 O’clock. Written condolences can be sent to the family at
www.padgettfuneralhome.com.
