Ferne Virginia Munson Harton

On January 8th 2020, Ferne Virginia Munson Harton passes away, in the comfort of Seasons Hospice with her daughter. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward and survived by her daughter Diane, her grandchildren, Laura, Lindsey, Leo, Dalton & Dylan and her great-grandchildren Jacob, Lilianna, Victoria, Luke, Madisyn, & Ray (RJ). Ferne was born August 1, 1921 during a thunderstorm in the Rock Castle in Goochland County Virginia. She learned early to take care of herself. She saw it all!! living through some tough times( the depression, no electricity or indoor plumbing etc) and some giant leaps in technology tv, computers etc). She graduated from John Marshall High School in Richmond in 1939. Always a proud and head-strong young lady she spent her days working for Everett-waddy publishing. It was there that She met her future husband Edward Francis Harton(who used to wait for her at the time clock and walk her to the street car). They fell in love and married on 8/30/1940. As a new member of the Harton family, Ferne joined her husband Ed, his brother Andy, and his three sisters Catherine(Katie), Marie and Margaret. As fate would have it, WWII broke out and four months after their marriage, Ed was drafted and immediately shipped off to Australia & the Philippines serving in the United States Army. It would be five long years waiting for Ed to return to Richmond. Upon his return, their life began anew.. the happy couple moved to Baltimore Maryland. Ferne got a job working for the federal reserve bank and Ed worked for Shell Oil. Several years later their only child a daughter, Diane Elizabeth was born. The family were members of St. William of York Parish and lived in the West Hills community.. Ed Harton passed away 6/16/1974 of pancreatic cancer. Ferne learned to drive and continued working and taking care of Diane while she attended Archbishop Keough High School until 1976. She retired from Federal Reserve Bank as an auditor in 1983. She has lived her life since then enjoying her family, senior groups, traveling, and playing bingo. She has been a resident of Charlestown retirement Community for the last 15 years. A celebration of life will be scheduled in the future. A gravesite service will be held in Richmond Virginia at Forest Lawn cemetery where she will be once again united with Ed..

Ferne Virginia Munson Harton

August 1, 1921 - January 8, 2020