Florence Midgette

Florence M. Midgette NORFOLK - Florence M. Midgette, 85, passed away May 30, 2010. Mrs. Midgette was born in Manhattan, N.Y. She was predeceased by her parents, Bert and Grace Jones, brother Edward Jones and sister Edith Rizzo. Mrs. Midgette was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Norfolk, and past president of the Golden Unit Wives Club, whose members consist of wives of members of the Legion of Honor Unit of Khedive Shrine Center. She was a career credit union employee, having retired from Tidewater Telephone Employee Credit Union and worked with Coast Guard Credit Union in Norfolk, Miami and Washington, D.C. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Milton; daughter, Juanita and husband Clint Hepler; daughter Susan and husband Michael Leccese; grandchildren, John and wife Heather Hepler, Bill and wife Shannon Hepler and Lianne and husband Timm McShanne, Adrienne Leccese; and two great-grandchildren, Ryan and Keira Hepler. Mrs. Midgette is survived by one brother, Ralph Jones of San Diego. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 4, followed by a memorial service at 8 p.m. at the Altmeyer Funeral Home, Twiford Chapel, 929 S. Battlefield Blvd., Chesapeake. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 5, in Manteo Cemetery, Manteo, N.C. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Khedive Shrine Center, 645 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake, VA 23320 for Children's Hospitals and/or Children's Transportation Fund. Twiford Funeral Homes' Colony Chapel, Manteo, N.C., is assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.twifordfh.com.