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- Mrs. Iona Drumheller Toms, 103, of Frederick, Maryland, died on Friday, July 29, 2011, at Citizens Care and Rehab Center. She was the wife of the late Bledsoe Toms who died in 1975.
She was born in Faber, Virginia, on December 17, 1907, the daughter of the late Lorenzo and Geneva Mawyer Drumheller.
Iona spent her life in Nelson County and Albemarle County Virginia until March of 2003 when she moved to Frederick with her son and daughter-in-law, Rudy and Faye Toms.
She is survived by her son, Rudolph Toms and his wife, Faye; granddaughter, Terry Paquette and her husband, Stephen; great- grandchildren, Brandi, Drew, Erin, Travis and his wife, Adele, and Jeremy; great-great-grandchildren, Jadis, Dylan, Connor, Christopher, Elisabeth and Luke; one sister, Edith Ragland of Crewe, Virginia; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Gloria Ann Ritenour in 1988.
At Iona's request, there will be no funeral services. Her ashes will be taken at a future date to her final resting place along side her husband at Monticello Memorial Park in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Arrangements by Stauffer Funeral Home, Frederick and Stauffer Crematory Inc. Frederick.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.staufferfuneralhome.com.
Published in the Daily Progress on August 2, 2011
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