Sompong Bridgeforth

Sompong Bridgeforth obituary, Colorado Springs, CO

Sompong Bridgeforth

Sompong Bridgeforth Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Angelus Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory on Aug. 29, 2024.

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Sompong "Emily" Bridgeforth peacefully departed this life on August 23, 2024, after a brief illness with Willie Bridgeforth, her husband of 46 years by her side. She was born to krit and Saun Treped in Angthong, Thailand on May 5th, 1951. She and Willie met at Nakhon Phanom Thailand in 1973 and after coming to the US in November 1976, they wed in Glendale Arizona in December 1976. As an Air Force wife, she was the primary homemaker in their extensive travels to Arizona, California, Italy, Nevada, Virginia, South Carolina, Iceland, and finally Colorado. Her interests were crocheting, landscape painting, and designing and sewing her own clothes.
She is survived by two sisters-in-law, Ms. Drusilla Bridgeforth and Mrs. Lafonda Greene, a Brother-in-law, Mr Richard W. Bridgeforth, and three nieces, Alexis and Tiffany Greene, and Awanata Bridgeforth-Barnes.
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