Ann Omohundro Milstead

Ann Omohundro Milstead

Ann Omohundro Milstead, of Palmyra, Virginia, died on Wednesday, November 24, 2010. She was the wife of 46 years of William C. Milstead Jr.

Ann was born on December 12, 1937, in Morgantown, West Virginia, the only child of the late C. Robert and Gladys Watkins Omohundro. She attended West Virginia University and graduated from Western Reserve University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in nursing. Later, she received a Masters Degree from Hood College.

Ann was employed by University Hospital at Western Reserve University as a nurse in Intensive Care and Recovery and as the Head Nurse in Labor and Delivery. She was then employed as a Nursing Instructor in the Francis Payne Bolton College of Western Reserve University and as a Nurse Education Coordinator at the Parma Community Hospital.

Following an 18 year absence from the nursing profession, Ann resumed her career as a nurse in the Frederick Maryland Memorial Hospital Labor and Delivery Unit for two years before being employed at Mount Saint Mary's University as a student health nurse and at Hood College as a student health nurse and health educator.

Following her retirement from the nursing profession, Ann acted as a volunteer interpreter at the Ivy Creek Natural Area and at Humpback Rock on the Blue Ridge Parkway National Park. She followed this with three seasons as a Seasonal Interpretive National Park Ranger at the Peaks of Otter in the Blue Ridge Parkway National Park. She also worked as an instructor in the education department at Monticello.

As a small child, Ann greatly enjoyed nature and being out-of-doors. She enjoyed camping and traveling with her family. She and her husband visited most all of the major United States National Parks, all 50 states, and 13 Canadian provinces.

Ann was a member of Grace and Glory Lutheran Church where she knitted prayer shawls for the Prayer Shawl Ministry.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Jane Sheets and her husband, Bob; a son, Rob Milstead, and two grandsons, Daniel and Andrew Sheets, all of Palmyra.

Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Monday, November 29, 2010, at the Hill and Wood Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ken Albright officiating. Interment will follow at Monticello Memory Gardens. A reception will be held at Effort Baptist Church in Palmyra, following interment.

Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday, November 28, 2010, at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, Ann requested that donations be made to one of the following organizations; The Grace and Glory Lutheran Church Building Fund, 96 Garden Lane, Palmyra, VA 22963; The International Myeloma Foundation, 12650 Riverside Drive, Suite 206, North Hollywood, CA 91607; or to Hospice of the Piedmont, 675 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 300, Charlottesville, VA 22911.

Friends may send condolences to the family at www.hillandwood.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.