Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NamePatricia FORDYCE 
Birth29 Jan 1925, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania1541
Death20 Feb 2004, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey1541
OccupationJohn Powers Model; Mother of 2 children
EducationMary Lyons Junior College
FatherDonald Newell FORDYCE (1899-1952)
MotherMargaret KECK (1895-1982)
Spouses
FatherPaul H. MULFORD (1885-1950)
MotherEmily TAYLOR
Census notes for Patricia FORDYCE
1930 Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Allentown, 13th ward, E.D. 38, sheet 20A, stamped page 150, film T626-2064 (taken 17-18 Apr 1930)
313 South Seventeenth St., dwelling 416, family 490
Fordyce, Donald N., head, owns $11000 house, male, white, age 30, married at age 23, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, superintendent at silk mill
----------, Margaret K., wife, female, white, age 32, married at age 21, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
----------, Patricia, daughter, female, white, age 5 3/12, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
1940 New York, Queens County, Queens, block B, E.D. 41-1064, sheet 2A, stamped page 19778
Westford Terrace Apt House 175-27, household 22, rents $70
Fordyce, Donald N., head, male, white, age 40, married, 4 yrs high school, born New Jersey, living in Allentown Pennsylvania in 1935, Kennel Club correspondent
----------, Margaret, wife, female, white, age 42, married, 4 yrs high school born Pennsylvania, lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1935
----------, Patricia, daughter, female, white, age 15, single, 3 yrs high school, born Pennsylvania, lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1935
313 South Seventeenth St., dwelling 416, family 490
Fordyce, Donald N., head, owns $11000 house, male, white, age 30, married at age 23, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, superintendent at silk mill
----------, Margaret K., wife, female, white, age 32, married at age 21, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
----------, Patricia, daughter, female, white, age 5 3/12, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
1940 New York, Queens County, Queens, block B, E.D. 41-1064, sheet 2A, stamped page 19778
Westford Terrace Apt House 175-27, household 22, rents $70
Fordyce, Donald N., head, male, white, age 40, married, 4 yrs high school, born New Jersey, living in Allentown Pennsylvania in 1935, Kennel Club correspondent
----------, Margaret, wife, female, white, age 42, married, 4 yrs high school born Pennsylvania, lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1935
----------, Patricia, daughter, female, white, age 15, single, 3 yrs high school, born Pennsylvania, lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1935
Obituary notes for Patricia FORDYCE
Westport News (CT) - February 27, 2004
Patricia Fordyce Mulford, a former John Robert Powers model, died Friday, Feb. 20. She lived at Acorn Glen Assisted Living in Princeton, N.J. The cause was complications from Alzheimer's Disease. She was 79.
Born In Allentown, Pa., on Jan. 29, 1925, Mrs. Mulford attended Mary Lyons Junior College. Upon graduation, she was a popular magazine and runway model for the John Robert Powers Agency, and one of his original Long Stem Roses, as his models came to be known in the 1940s.
Mrs. Mulford was married to Third Army Ret. Capt. James Taylor Mulford, a highly decorated World War II veteran who served under General George S. Patton at the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Mulford died in 1994.
Mrs. Mulford retired from full-time modeling in the 1950s and moved to Westport, where she was very active in the Red Cross and was one of the early proponents of breast cancer awareness, through the "Reach To Recovery" program Mrs. Mulford was a two-time breast cancer survivor.
In addition to her daughter, Barbara Jay, of Belle Mead, N.J., she is also survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Vavra, of Wilmington, N.C. and one grandson, Samuel Mulford Dera.
Mrs. Mulford will be interred in the Mulford family plot, next to her husband, in Montrose, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association of America, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60601-7733.
Patricia Fordyce Mulford, a former John Robert Powers model, died Friday, Feb. 20. She lived at Acorn Glen Assisted Living in Princeton, N.J. The cause was complications from Alzheimer's Disease. She was 79.
Born In Allentown, Pa., on Jan. 29, 1925, Mrs. Mulford attended Mary Lyons Junior College. Upon graduation, she was a popular magazine and runway model for the John Robert Powers Agency, and one of his original Long Stem Roses, as his models came to be known in the 1940s.
Mrs. Mulford was married to Third Army Ret. Capt. James Taylor Mulford, a highly decorated World War II veteran who served under General George S. Patton at the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Mulford died in 1994.
Mrs. Mulford retired from full-time modeling in the 1950s and moved to Westport, where she was very active in the Red Cross and was one of the early proponents of breast cancer awareness, through the "Reach To Recovery" program Mrs. Mulford was a two-time breast cancer survivor.
In addition to her daughter, Barbara Jay, of Belle Mead, N.J., she is also survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Vavra, of Wilmington, N.C. and one grandson, Samuel Mulford Dera.
Mrs. Mulford will be interred in the Mulford family plot, next to her husband, in Montrose, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association of America, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60601-7733.
Notes for James Taylor & Patricia (Family)
New York Times, 5 December 1948, p. 83
Patricia Fordyce, J.T. Mulford Wed
New York Girl Becomes Bride of Former Army Captain in Allentown, Pa., Church
Special to the New York Times
Allentown, Pa., Dec 4 – In Christ Lutheran Church here this afternoon, Miss Patricia Fordyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Newell Fordyce of 17 Gramercy Park South, New York, was married to James Taylor Mulford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hunting Mulford of Wellsboro, Pa. The Rev. Dr. Henry Pflum performed the ceremony.
The bride wore a white satin gown, made with a fitted bodice finished with a heart-shaped neckline and long sleeves. Her tulle veil was fastened to a headdress of Chantilly lace, and she carried white flowers.
Mrs. Philip Gillispie of Jeannette, Pa., who was the matron of honor, wore white chrysanthemums.
Paul H. Mulford Jr. of Sunbury, Pa., was best man for his brother, whose ushers were William R. Harris of Pawling, N.Y., and Donald S. Webster of Wilmington, Del.
A reception was given in the home here of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Harned.
Mrs. Mulford was graduated from Mary Lyon Junior College in Swarthmore, Pa. She is a granddaughter of Mrs. Raymond N. Keck of Allentown, the late Mr. Keck and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayes Fordyce of Paterson, N.J.
Mr. Mulford, an alumnus of Syracuse University, served with the third Army in Europe as a captain.
After a wedding trip, the couple will live in New York.
Patricia Fordyce, J.T. Mulford Wed
New York Girl Becomes Bride of Former Army Captain in Allentown, Pa., Church
Special to the New York Times
Allentown, Pa., Dec 4 – In Christ Lutheran Church here this afternoon, Miss Patricia Fordyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Newell Fordyce of 17 Gramercy Park South, New York, was married to James Taylor Mulford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hunting Mulford of Wellsboro, Pa. The Rev. Dr. Henry Pflum performed the ceremony.
The bride wore a white satin gown, made with a fitted bodice finished with a heart-shaped neckline and long sleeves. Her tulle veil was fastened to a headdress of Chantilly lace, and she carried white flowers.
Mrs. Philip Gillispie of Jeannette, Pa., who was the matron of honor, wore white chrysanthemums.
Paul H. Mulford Jr. of Sunbury, Pa., was best man for his brother, whose ushers were William R. Harris of Pawling, N.Y., and Donald S. Webster of Wilmington, Del.
A reception was given in the home here of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Harned.
Mrs. Mulford was graduated from Mary Lyon Junior College in Swarthmore, Pa. She is a granddaughter of Mrs. Raymond N. Keck of Allentown, the late Mr. Keck and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayes Fordyce of Paterson, N.J.
Mr. Mulford, an alumnus of Syracuse University, served with the third Army in Europe as a captain.
After a wedding trip, the couple will live in New York.