Frances Peed's Obituary

Frances Genevieve Collamer Peed of Norfolk, Virginia died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 8:30 AM. She was 93 years old. She was born in Portsmouth, VA August 22, 1914 at 400 Dinwiddie Street. She lived the past 76 years of her life in Norfolk after moving from Portsmouth, VA when she was just out of high school when her father Elvan Lewis Collamer Sr., bought the Park Theater on Lafayette Blvd in 1932. She was a junior USO volunteer during World War II and received the Certificate of Merit from the First Fighter Command Auxiliary Aircraft Warning Service for map plotting of enemy plans during the war. She spent her time on her computer and enjoying her knitting. She was preceded in death by her husband of 24 years, Clement Claudius Peed. She is survived by her three children, Clement Elvan Peed and his wife Cheryl Portie Peed, Mary Frances Peed Sherwood and her husband Paul Sherwood, and Patricia Anne Peed Ashley. She has 9 grandchildren, Alicia Frances Peed Stone and her husband Corbin Clark Stone, Jeffrey Elvan Peed and his wife Erin Mills Peed, Aaron Gregory Sherwood, Jacob Paul Sherwood and his wife Elif Karacay Sherwood, Elizabeth Marie Ashley and her fiancé Matthew Herman, Ashley Marie Peed and her fiancé Jay Charles Malaquias, Michael Henry Ashley, Laura Ella Ashley, and Brian Clement Ashley. She has five great grandchildren, Grayson Clark Stone, Connor Jeffrey Peed, Colby Carsten Stone, Addison Ramsey Arlene Peed, and Ainsley Frances Stone.
Funeral services were held at Christ the King Catholic Church, on Tuesday, May 13 in Norfolk, Virginia. She is buried at St Mary’s Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to: Christ the King Catholic Church, 1803 Columbia Ave., Norfolk, VA 23509 or John Knox’s Towers Association, 1210 Colonial Ave., Norfolk, VA 23517.
She was known for her desire to have the latest technology gadgets and always up for another challenge. She was a breast cancer survivor and fought macular degeneration of the eyes. She spent hours on the computer and used an enlargement software to conquer her decreasing eye sight. There was never a stranger she met. She was always ready to go out, try new adventures, and live life.