L. Madaline Forbes Spickard

L. Madaline Forbes (Dick) Spickard, 90, of Roanoke, Va., died on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. She was the widow of Thomas Burnett Spickard and was predeceased by their daughter, Paula Kay Spickard. She was the last child of the late W. Irving and Bertha A. Gibson Forbes. Predeceasing were her brothers, Sparrell E. Forbes and wife, Ossie, and Ralph E. Forbes and wife, Clara; sister, Louise F. Smiley and husband, J.R.; and nephew Gordon A. Forbes.
She is survived by nieces, Carolyn L. Forbes, Maria F. Shover, husband, Ronald, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., Dr. Karen F. Bowman and husband, Michael, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Barbara. F. Griggs and husband, Donald, of Roanoke. She is also survived by great-nieces, Melissa Griggs, of Roanoke, Veronica S. Ellis and husband, Allen, and their daughter, Stephanie, of Chester Gap, Va.; great-nephews, Harold Shover and wife, Gwyn, and their children, Larramie and Adrianna, of De Funiak Springs, Fla., and Harry Gordon Shover, of Charlotte, N.C. Also surviving Dick is her extended family, the children of Herman and Mary Bell Black, Barbara B. Robey ,of Arizona, Paul G. Black and Frances B. Haggerty, of Roanoke, and their families; also a long time friend, Elizabeth W. Stokes.
Dick retired from Hollins University with 48 years of service. She was a graduate of Jefferson High School, Class of 1936, attended Marshall College, now University, and was a graduate of National Business College. She was secretary to the vice-president of Roanoke Hardware Company, secretary to the Director of Lewis-Gale Hospital; and secretary to the doctors of the Children's Clinic. She was a past president of the Alpha Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority; past president of the Burlington Elementary School PTA which honored her with a Life Membership in the Virginia PTA and past president of the Roanoke County Council of PTA. In the 1950's she was a volunteer with the Motor Corps of the American Red Cross.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Airlee Court Baptist Church, 4827 Delray St., Roanoke, Va. 24012; either the Hollins Beardslee Fund or the Hollins Allie Frazier Fund, c/o Hollins University, P.O. Box 9629, Roanoke, Va. 24020-1629 or the American Red Cross, 352 Church Ave., Roanoke, Va. 24016.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2009, at Oakey's North Chapel. Pastor Bob Baldwin or the Rev. Jan Fuller will officiate. Interment will be in Cedar Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, January 16, 2009, at Oakey's North Chapel, 540-362-1237.

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