|
Author
|
Topic: Faye (Shoemaker) Stafford (1932-2009)
|
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
|
posted 01-18-2009 10:12 AM
   
The Oklahoman reported Friday that the former wife of astronaut Thomas Stafford, Faye Laverne Shoemaker, passed away "gracefully and peacefully" in her sleep on January 13, 2009. A funeral was held Saturday in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Faye was born on September 19, 1932, Weatherford, Oklahoma, to Earle and Willie L. (Lewis) Shoemaker and departed gracefully and peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Faye's family moved to California during the depression, but moved back to Weatherford in 1939. She graduated from Weatherford High School in 1950 and attended Southwestern State College. In September 1953, Faye married Thomas Stafford. While serving in the Air Force, they lived in Panama City Rapid City Germany Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Washington, D.C. They were in Houston for 12 years, where Tom was an astronaut. For her 27 years of devoted, unselfish, faithful service and support in helping her husband make a lasting contribution to the nation, Faye was given a Certificate of Appreciation from the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. People who knew and loved Faye knew an elegant and eloquent woman with an independent spirit and sense of humor. She was gracious and generous. Faye loved her life-long friends, to sing, garden, and deliver a punch line. Faye's pursuits in life had everything to do with that which is beautiful in this world. Her interests were shopping, needle point and quilting, foreign languages and landscapes, art and music, poetry and literature, Robert Redford, flora and fauna, shopping, writing limericks, and her beloved pups. Faye's charm, wit, and beauty will be missed. Faye is survived by two daughters, Dionne Stafford of Norman, OK and Karin Stafford of Oklahoma City, OK one sister, Jean Burleson and husband, Jim of Norman, OK two grandsons, Thomas Stafford II and Andrew Harrison. She was preceded in death by her parents.  Chris Kraft and Faye Stafford pin a star on the shoulders of the new one-star-general Thomas Stafford in November 1972. A moment of silence can be signified by an entry with no words and only a period. |
buckeyecal
Member Posts: 90
From: soon to be Boise, ID USA
Registered: Feb 2006
|
posted 01-18-2009 10:33 AM
. |
Lunar rock nut
Member Posts: 911
From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A.
Registered: Feb 2007
|
posted 01-18-2009 11:22 AM
.
Terry
|
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2476
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
|
posted 01-18-2009 11:34 AM
. |
NavySpaceFan
Member Posts: 655
From: Norfolk, VA
Registered: May 2007
|
posted 01-18-2009 12:06 PM
. |
x9jep
New Member Posts: 7
From: Taastrup, Denmark
Registered: Dec 2005
|
posted 01-18-2009 12:58 PM
. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
|
posted 01-18-2009 01:15 PM
. |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
|
posted 01-18-2009 01:17 PM
. |
Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
|
posted 01-18-2009 01:52 PM
. |
747flyer
Member Posts: 99
From: New York, NY
Registered: Sep 2003
|
posted 01-18-2009 02:10 PM
. |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
|
posted 01-18-2009 02:36 PM
. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
|
posted 01-18-2009 02:49 PM
. |
TRS
Member Posts: 721
From: Wellington, New Zealand
Registered: Mar 2003
|
posted 01-18-2009 02:57 PM
. |
alanh_7
Member Posts: 1252
From: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
|
posted 01-18-2009 03:29 PM
. |
mark plas
Member Posts: 385
From: the Netherlands
Registered: Aug 2000
|
posted 01-18-2009 04:24 PM
thank you
|
ShuttleAtlantis
New Member Posts:
From:
Registered:
|
posted 01-18-2009 04:31 PM
. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
|
posted 01-18-2009 05:08 PM
. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
|
posted 01-18-2009 05:29 PM
. |
John Charles
Member Posts: 339
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Jun 2004
|
posted 01-18-2009 08:22 PM
. |
spaceman1953
Member Posts: 953
From: South Bend, IN
Registered: Apr 2002
|
posted 01-18-2009 10:13 PM
* |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
|
posted 01-19-2009 07:18 AM
. |
xlsteve
Member Posts: 391
From: Holbrook MA, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
|
posted 01-19-2009 10:52 AM
. |
RMH
Member Posts: 577
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
|
posted 01-19-2009 01:19 PM
. |
NovaRob
Member Posts: 242
From: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Registered: Nov 2008
|
posted 01-19-2009 01:52 PM
. |
Moonwalker1954
Member Posts: 245
From: Montreal, Canada
Registered: Jul 2004
|
posted 01-19-2009 07:29 PM
. |
dss65
Member Posts: 1156
From: Sandpoint, ID, USA
Registered: Mar 2003
|
posted 01-19-2009 08:52 PM
. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
|
posted 01-20-2009 06:50 AM
. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
|
posted 01-20-2009 10:52 AM
. |
kr4mula
Member Posts: 642
From: Cinci, OH
Registered: Mar 2006
|
posted 01-20-2009 12:41 PM
. |
cddfspace
Member Posts: 609
From: Morris County, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2006
|
posted 01-20-2009 02:05 PM
. |
trajan
Member Posts: 109
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2004
|
posted 01-21-2009 03:56 PM
. |
contra
Member Posts: 318
From: Kiel, Germany
Registered: Mar 2005
|
posted 01-21-2009 05:54 PM
. |
Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
|
posted 01-23-2009 06:12 PM
. |
Farris Rookstool, III
Member Posts: 21
From: Dallas, TX, USA
Registered: May 2000
|
posted 01-27-2009 01:11 PM
. |
DKS22
Member Posts: 19
From: Norman, OK, USA
Registered: Feb 2008
|
posted 02-02-2009 02:47 PM
. |
advertisement