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Ruth C. Sigerson

Ruth C. Sigerson

May 31, 2015

Mrs. Sigerson will be laid to rest alongside her husband, William, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

John A. Dwyer

John A. Dwyer

May 30, 2015

John "Jack" Dwyer of Palm Coast, Florida and Ashburn, VA passed peacefully at his home in Ashburn on Saturday, May 30 surrounded by his family. He is survived by his eight children and his eighteen grandchildren. Jack attended Boston College and graduated with a degree in economics. It was there he met Claire, and they remained married for 52 years...

Dorothy Weeks O'Brien

Dorothy Weeks O'Brien

May 29, 2015

Dottie O'Brien, who we lost on September 30, 2014, loved ice cream, high heels, the seashore and dancing. But most of all she loved her large, extended Irish Catholic family, and her many close friends. Born Dorothy Elizabeth Weeks on April 17, 1918, to her parents Marilda Haney and Charles Hiram Weeks, she grew up in Trenton, NJ with her...

Theodore "Pete" Smith

Theodore "Pete" Smith

May 24, 2015

Do not write on stone or wood "he was honest" or "he was good". Write with smoke on a passing breeze seven words, and those words are these: He lived - he laughed - and he understood. -- Anonymous Theodore Smith, better known as Pete, passed away on May 24, 2015. He was 88 years young. Pete was an avid...

Faith Dora Dowd

Faith Dora Dowd

May 24, 2015

Faith Dora Dowd passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2015. A graveside service is planned for 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 29, 2015 in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, 831 Dranesville Road, Herndon, Virginia 20170.

Adeline I. Mikolowski

Adeline I. Mikolowski

May 23, 2015

Adeline Irene Mikolowski (Sept 9, 2009 – May 23, 2015) beloved daughter of Noah and Katie Mikolowski, and big sister of Jocelyn and Maeve, passed away Saturday May 23rd. Although Addie never walked or talked in her five years, her purpose on this earth was much greater. She touched the lives of others. Her teachings were simple. She taught people...

Joan Reba Kirkpatrick

Joan Reba Kirkpatrick

May 23, 2015

Joan Reba Kirkpatrick, 77 of Leesburg, VA passed away peacefully on May 23, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. Joan was born September 14, 1937 in Lovettsville, VA to Leslie Mayo Baker and Betty Jane Rinker. She was a graduate of Loudoun County High School. Joan volunteered as a Pink Lady at Loudoun Hospital Center in Leesburg. She worked...

Ethel D. Gaiter

Ethel D. Gaiter

May 23, 2015

Ethel Deloris Gaiter, 69, of Centreville, Virginia passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015 while residing in Aldie, Virginia. Born in Mobile, Alabama she was the daughter of Thomas King, Jr. and Margaret Andrews King. She made a career as a nurse in the health care field. Ethel will be taken home to be laid to rest in the Catholic...

Shirley Jo Tannous

Shirley Jo Tannous

May 19, 2015

Shirley Jo Tannous passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 while residing in Canterbury Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. She was 68 years old. Shirley was born in Kentucky to parents Joe and Dora Baker. Her care and compassion for others was shown often during her employment at INOVA Loudoun Hospital where she worked as a CNA. Shirley will be...

Margaret Petney

Margaret Petney

May 19, 2015

Margaret Petney, 86 of Ashburn, VA passed away Tuesday 5/19/15 at Heritage Hall Rehab Center, Leesburg, VA. Born 4/7/29 in Portage, PA, daughter of the 1st generation immigration parents- late John and Anna (Kushner) Petney. Preceded in death by brothers John, Joseph, Michael, and Andrew and sister Mary. She is survived by brother George of Portage, PA and 20 nieces...

Mary M. Torelli

Mary M. Torelli

May 16, 2015

Mary Magista Torelli, age 89, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2015. She is predeceased by her husband Alfred, who died in 2009. Mary grew up in Arlington, and moved to Annandale with Al to the house they built in 1960. They spent over 50 years in their home, where they raised their children, and were parishioners at St. Michael's...

Harrison G. Hawthorne

Harrison G. Hawthorne

May 15, 2015

Harrison G. Hawthorne October 27, 1921--May 15, 2015 Harrison G. Hawthorne, age 93, passed away peacefully with family at his bedside on the afternoon of May 15, 2015, from complications associated with Parkinson's disease. Harrison and his twin brother, Charles, were born October 27, 1921 in Bluemont, Virginia to Katherine H. (nee Brewer) and Charles T. Hawthorne. Harrison graduated from...

Helen Weatherholtz

Helen Weatherholtz

May 13, 2015

Helen Frances (Carter) Weatherholtz age 86 of Martinsburg, WV passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Berkley Medical Center, WV. She was born April 21, 1929 in North Fork, VA in Loudoun County. She was formally of Leesburg, VA. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Welby Carter and Mamie Elizabeth (Payne) Carter, and the wife of the...

John H. Bailey, Jr.

John H. Bailey, Jr.

May 12, 2015

John H. Bailey Jr., age 48, passed away May 12th, 2015 after a long battle with lung, liver, and heart disease. He was born in Washington D.C. on January 30th, 1967 and lived most of his life in Northern Virginia. He is survived by his parents, John H. Bailey and Jacqueline Bailey, his sister, Sylvia Mcpadden, brothers, Jason and Brian...

Betty Caton

Betty Caton

May 8, 2015

Betty J. Caton, 84, of Annandale, Virginia passed away on Friday, May 8, 2015. A daughter of Norfolk and Catherine (Nellie) Caton, she was born in Virginia. Betty was married to the late George R. Caton. She worked in the Department of Commerce for the U.S. Government. She will be missed by those whose lives she touched. All services are...

Lou Ann Hylton

Lou Ann Hylton

Apr 28, 2015

Lou Ann Hylton, 77, of Leesburg, VA, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, April 28. Born August 22, 1937 in Smoot, WV, she was the daughter of the late Granville and Virginia McClung. She has been a resident of Virginia most of her adult life, where she was a teacher at Parkwood School in Vienna, co-director of the Wesley Methodist Preschool,...

Justin Thomas Mcgahan

Justin Thomas Mcgahan

Apr 26, 2015

Justin Thomas McGahan, age 38, of Leesburg, Virginia passed into the loving arms of the Lord on April 26, 2015. Justin was born on February 17, 1977 in Washington, DC. Justin is survived by his beloved daughter, Marissa McGahan, his mother Anne McGahan, his sisters Kristin (McGahan) White and Katie (McGahan) Luther, brothers-in-law Michael White and Terrence Luther, and nieces...

Jean R Matthews

Jean R Matthews

Apr 25, 2015

OBITUARY Jean R. Matthews April 25, 1925 – April 25, 2015 Jean R. Matthews, age 90, died Saturday, April 25, 2015 at INOVA Loudoun Hospital, in Leesburg, VA. Jean was born on April 25, 1925 in Elmira, NY to Douglas and Ruth (Preston) Nixon. She graduated from Southside High School at age 16 and worked for Remington-Rand Company. She was...

Bessie E Torres

Bessie E Torres

Apr 24, 2015

Bessie E. Torres of Winchester, Virginia passed away on Friday, April 24, 2015. Born in Louisiana, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Flora (Roberts) Walker. Bessie, a homemaker, was married to Hermenegildo I. Torres, who preceded her. Bessie and Hermenegildo were blessed with five children: Naomi Harris, Esperanza Deane, Delilah Kliner, Veronica Forry and Marcus Torres; four...

David A. Lupino

David A. Lupino

Apr 24, 2015

David Anthony Lupino, 29 of Loudoun County, VA passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 at Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne, VA. David was born May 4, 1985 in Fairfax, VA to Charles Anthony Lupino, Jr. and Susan Lee Smith Avjean. He is survived by his Mother Susan, adopted Father and Mother Charles A. Lupino, Sr. and Lydia Lupino (grandparents), Tim and...

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