Obituary for Franklin DeLano Ferdinand
Franklin DeLano Ferdinand
January 1, 1938 - August 18, 2022
On August 18, 2022, Franklin DeLano Ferdinand, our beloved husband and father, went to the Great Beyond to be with the Lord. He was born on January 1, 1938, to Christian and Amalia Ferdinand on St. Thomas, USVI. In 1958, he graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School and later enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Medical Corpsman. In 1973, he became the first native male to graduate with an associate degree in Nursing from the University of the Virgin Islands. He received a bachelor’s degree in Community Health from St. Joseph’s College in 1986. Throughout his career he worked as a Clinical Care Coordinator at the St. Croix Hospital and Community Health Center; as a Clinical Register Nurse in Urgent Care and Internal Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Maryland and clinical RN at the 97th U.S. Army Reserves Command Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He dedicated his life of service to his family, his church and the Virgin Islands and Maryland communities.
Franklin is survived by his loving wife of 49 ½ years, Anna M. Molloy Ferdinand; daddy’s girl Derika Ferdinand Walker; bonus daughter Dahlia Petersen; sons Derone Ferdinand and DiJon Ferdinand, Sr.; daughter-in-law, Venus Ferdinand; son-in-law, Reginald Walker; grandchildren Ajahnique Smith, DaVionne, De’Ja, Dai’Ana Ferdinand, and DiJon Ferdinand, Jr., Caresse Hansen, Maleeka and Malik Jarratt; sisters Elizabeth Ferdinand and Ethel Ferdinand; brother Stanley Ferdinand; sisters-in-law Amy Ferdinand, Doris Molloy Tobias, Rita Vallarde and Judith Molloy, as well as a host of other family and friends.
Services will be held at Epiphany Episcopal Church 3111 Ritchie Rd, District Heights, MD 20747 on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at 10:30AM.
January 1, 1938 - August 18, 2022
On August 18, 2022, Franklin DeLano Ferdinand, our beloved husband and father, went to the Great Beyond to be with the Lord. He was born on January 1, 1938, to Christian and Amalia Ferdinand on St. Thomas, USVI. In 1958, he graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School and later enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Medical Corpsman. In 1973, he became the first native male to graduate with an associate degree in Nursing from the University of the Virgin Islands. He received a bachelor’s degree in Community Health from St. Joseph’s College in 1986. Throughout his career he worked as a Clinical Care Coordinator at the St. Croix Hospital and Community Health Center; as a Clinical Register Nurse in Urgent Care and Internal Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Maryland and clinical RN at the 97th U.S. Army Reserves Command Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He dedicated his life of service to his family, his church and the Virgin Islands and Maryland communities.
Franklin is survived by his loving wife of 49 ½ years, Anna M. Molloy Ferdinand; daddy’s girl Derika Ferdinand Walker; bonus daughter Dahlia Petersen; sons Derone Ferdinand and DiJon Ferdinand, Sr.; daughter-in-law, Venus Ferdinand; son-in-law, Reginald Walker; grandchildren Ajahnique Smith, DaVionne, De’Ja, Dai’Ana Ferdinand, and DiJon Ferdinand, Jr., Caresse Hansen, Maleeka and Malik Jarratt; sisters Elizabeth Ferdinand and Ethel Ferdinand; brother Stanley Ferdinand; sisters-in-law Amy Ferdinand, Doris Molloy Tobias, Rita Vallarde and Judith Molloy, as well as a host of other family and friends.
Services will be held at Epiphany Episcopal Church 3111 Ritchie Rd, District Heights, MD 20747 on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at 10:30AM.