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Bruce Gilbert

Bruce Gilbert

Jan 20, 2015

Bruce Albert Gilbert passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. A resident of Gainesville, Virginia, he was 81 years old. Born in Flint, Michigan he was the son of Alton and Hazel (Stevenson) Gilbert. Bruce was an engineer with Aerospace. Bruce will be remembered fondly by the loved ones he leaves behind. All services are private at this time.

Lisa Nguyen

Lisa Nguyen

Jan 19, 2015

Born outside of Boston and raised in Northern Virginia, Lisa was beloved and will be remembered by the countless people whose lives she touched. Lisa above all else, was an incredible and loving mother to her young daughter, Brianna. Brianna was Lisa's world and her proudest accomplishment in life. The two have an everlasting bond that will never-ever-be broken. Lisa...

Mary Lee

Mary Lee

Jan 19, 2015

Mary Lee Lee passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 while residing at INOVA Loudoun Nursing and Rehabilitation. Mary Lee was 88 years. The daughter of the late Carroll and Alma (Fowler) Milbourne, Mary was born on April 20, 1926 in Middleburg, Virginia. On September 22, 1946 she married her husband, Kenneth I. Lee, who predeceased her. After graduating from Lincoln...

John Clifton Baird

John Clifton Baird

Jan 18, 2015

John Clifton Baird, age 61 of Ashburn, VA, died peacefully on January 18, 2015. He was born on July 20, 1953, in Louisville, KY. He was predeceased by his mother, Zera Duvall Baird. He was also predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Tirl W. and Nancy Duvall; and his paternal grandparents, Estil (Bonnie White) Baird. John is survived by his wife,...

David A Miles

David A Miles

Jan 14, 2015

David A. Miles passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015. David was 58 years old. Born in Alexandria, Virginia on May 5, 1956, he was the proud and loving son of Jerry and Lou Miles. A graduate of Woodson High School, class of 1974, in Fairfax County, Virginia. David went on to further his education at Virginia Tech; graduating in...

Delwin Staib

Delwin Staib

Jan 12, 2015

Delwin Earl Staib, 86, died at home on January 12, after a long illness with Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's Chorea. Born in Bethel CT on July 31, 1928, to Harold G. and Evelyn E. (Frede) Staib, he was one of five children. Mr. Staib graduated from Bethel High School in 1946. Always athletic, he was on both the varsity basketball...

Ethelene Johnson

Ethelene Johnson

Jan 10, 2015

Ethelene Johnson, 97, was born November 4, 1917 in Sterling, Virginia to Clinton Jackson and Irene (Bigsby), and passed from this life on Saturday, January 10, 2015 in Leesburg, Virginia. She was a lifelong resident of Loudoun county. She was a homemaker, and enjoyed the company of good friends and family. She was preceded in death by her parents; two...

Henry Mcculloch

Henry Mcculloch

Jan 9, 2015

Henry George McCulloch passed away on Friday, January 9, 2015. He was 84 years old. Born in New York, New York he was the son of the late John and Lillian (Herman) McCulloch. Married to Joan, they made their home in Potomac Falls. Henry worked in the courageous field of firefighting. While he will be dearly missed, his memories will...

George Robert Welti

George Robert Welti

Jan 9, 2015

George Robert Welti Of Leesburg, Virginia, passed away on January 9, 2015 following complications from hip surgery. He was born in 1923 in Bern, Switzerland. George was named after St. George, the Patron Saint of Boy Scouts, and Sir Robert Baden Powell, the British founder of boy scouting. George came to the United States in 1935. He entered Principia Upper...

Katherine M. Marr

Katherine M. Marr

Jan 6, 2015

Katherine M. Marr (Katie), 34, passed away at her home in Roundhill, VA on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. She is survived by her parents Robert and Ane Marr, sister Jessica Langdon, brother in law Shane Langdon, niece Elle, and countless friends and relatives. Katie worked for Loudoun county public schools and was a graduate of Loudoun County high school. She...

Eugene R. Hayden

Eugene R. Hayden

Jan 6, 2015

On Tuesday January 6, 2015, Eugene Ricardo Hayden (known to all of us as Gene), beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, departed this life and went home to be with The Lord in Leesburg, Virginia. Gene was born February 22, 1951 in Waterbury, Connecticut. He was the only child born to the late Eugene and Eva Hayden originally of Tuskegee,...

Marlene Allison

Marlene Allison

Dec 29, 2014

MARLENE ALLISON passed away peacefully at her home in Leesburg, VA on Dec. 29, 2014. Marlene was born in Schenectady, NY, on May 11, 1937 to George and Barbara Ferner. She received her BA in Music from New York State Teacher's College at Albany and later, her Master's in Library Science from the State University of New York at Albany....

William "Bill" Emley, Jr.

William "Bill" Emley, Jr.

Dec 29, 2014

Bill Emley has led a wonderful and varied life filled with service to our country and to our Church. He graduated St. Peter's Preparatory in Jersey City, New Jersey and West Point Military Academy, class of 1954. He joined the Air Force, where he flew F-86's in Massachusetts and Morocco. Bill and Audrey were married in 1957 and for the...

Nora Benitez

Nora Benitez

Dec 27, 2014

A beautiful person. That is how one would describe Nora G. Benitez. Nora made her home with her devoted husband, Mario, in Leesburg, Virginia. Born in 1967 in Guatemala, she was the proud daughter of biological parents Francisco Hernandez Elias and Edelmira Gertrudis. She was blessed to have adoptive parents Larry and Lydia; with whom she enjoyed many trips while...

Eleanore Fike

Eleanore Fike

Dec 27, 2014

Lovettsville, Virginia resident Eleanore Jean Fike passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2014 while residing at Heritage Hall in Leesburg, Virginia. Eleanore was 92 years old. Born in Ohio, she was the daughter of Frank C. and Lula L. (Yaggi) Bientz. Eleanore worked for the gas and electric companies. A home economist, she visited area schools giving demonstrations to the...

Sandra Kay Long

Sandra Kay Long

Dec 27, 2014

Sandra Kay Long, after a long illness, went to be with the Lord on December 27, 2014. Sandra Kay passed away at home with her husband by her side. Sandra was 71 years old. Born in Ewing, Virginia, she was the proud daughter of James Albert and Julia Alder Taylor. Sandra was the loving wife of 48 years to her...

Rachel Carey

Rachel Carey

Dec 24, 2014

Rachel Kathleen Carey, 95, passed away early Wednesday morning on December 24, 2014 in Leesburg, VA. Rachel was a resident at Heritage Hall in Leesburg for the past four years; moving to that facility not long after the passing of her husband John J. Carey. She was born on June 26, 1919 in Blawnox, PA., the daughter of the late...

Magdalene Murphy

Magdalene Murphy

Dec 19, 2014

Magdalene (Marlene) Murphy Magdalene (Auster) Murphy, 89 died Friday evening December 19, 2014 at Heritage Hall, Leesburg, VA. Magdalene was born on June 24, 1925 in Oberlahnstein, Germany and resided with her daughter and son-in-law in Waterford, VA. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Robert E. Murphy in 1993. She is survived by 2 daughters...

James B. "Ben" Bingham

James B. "Ben" Bingham

Dec 16, 2014

James Benjamin "Ben" Bingham Of Bluemont, VA passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 in Pittsburgh, PA following his final battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). He was 67. Ben loved God, family, country and his animals. He was a truly remarkable man who found great enjoyment and satisfaction by doing for others. He...

Mary Aspromonte

Mary Aspromonte

Dec 16, 2014

Mary Corrado Aspromonte of Leesburg, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2014. A native of Manhattan, New York, she was born to Innocenzo and Angelina (Correto) Corrado. A homemaker, she was married to the late Vincent John Aspromonte. Mary will be dearly missed. But her memories will continue to live on in the loved ones she leaves behind. All...

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