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Dorothy "Dottie" Lee Thomas, 88, of Northern Virginia, passed away peacefully on May 26, 2025, while residing at the Retreat at Berryville in Virginia.  She was born on November 7, 1936 in Washington DC, where she attended grade school, grew up in Alexandria, and graduated from Mount Vernon High School.  While working at the Pentagon she met her future husband and they spent their lives together with him serving in the Army while she raised their sons.  She enjoyed their military lifestyle living on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, Ft. Richardson in Anchorage, AK, and various other locations in the U.S. meeting and cultivating lifetime friendships along the way.  She and Frank were active members at St. Stephens United Methodist Church in Burke after settling in Fairfax, VA in 1970.

Dottie was preceded in death by her parents, Murland Henry Snyder and Helen Louise Miller of Springfield, VA and her beloved husband Francis Gregory Thomas, Jr.  Surviving members of her family include her sister Barbara Robertson of Post Falls, ID, sons Michael (Jennifer) of Chandler, AZ, Mark (Rebecca) of Berryville, VA,  Matthew (Jennifer) of Macungie, PA, grandchildren Leia of Berryville, VA, Frank of Wyandotte, MI, Paige McGlone (Will) of Boston, MA, and Jack of Salt Lake City, UT, and great-grandson, Jack.  Dottie also had a stepson Stephen (Mary) of Winchester, VA, and their children Susanne (Chris) of Winchester, VA, Stephen, Jr. (Katie) of Haymarket, VA, and Brian (Alicia) of Winchester, VA, and great-grandchildren Abigail, Thomas, Rachel, Olivia, Zachary, Jackson, Lucas, and Noah.

Her visitation will be held at the Colonial Funeral Home in Leesburg, VA on Sunday June 8, 2025, at 1:00 pm followed by the funeral at 2:00 pm.  A graveside service will be held on Monday June 9, at 11:00 am at Mount Comfort Cemetery in Alexandria, VA.  In lieu of flowers, we would appreciate memorial donations to Blue Ridge Hospice (BRHospice.org).