Charleston, South Carolina
Fern Vontelle Coppedge
1925 — 2022
On December 11, 2022, Fern Vontelle (Isaacs) Coppedge, 97, a long-time resident of Cocoa, Florida, passed away. She had been living with her daughter in Charleston, SC at the time of her passing. Vontelle was born, raised, and later graduated college in Pasadena, California. Her childhood days were spent in Washington as well as California. About the time that the space program was starting up, she and her husband Frank moved to Cocoa Beach and then to Cocoa, Florida. She had been a stay-at-home mom, as well as a church kindergarten teacher. She also taught first grade students at Cambridge Elementary for 20 years. She sang in the Brevard Chorale at Baptist Church Cocoa, where she was an...