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Mary Jane Doyle

Mary Jane Doyle

Dec 16, 2012

Mary Jane Doyle of Leesburg, Virginia passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2012. Mrs. Doyle was 80 years old. She was born on August 3, 1932 in Camden, New Jersey to Samuel Howard and Kathleen (Noone) Cowan. She was married to husband Robert Joseph Doyle and together they were blessed with five children. Along with her children, Mary Katherine MacFarlane;...

Jean Paddock

Jean Paddock

Dec 14, 2012

Jean Kasuba Paddock, 73, of Gaithersburg, Maryland passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012. Born in Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Stanley A. and Antonina Mahoj Kasuba. She was married to the late John Philip Paddock. Jean made a career working in the medical field as a doctor working with the National Institute of Health. At this time all...

Barbara Keppler

Barbara Keppler

Dec 10, 2012

Barbara May Keppler of Reston, Virginia passed away on December 10, 2012. Barbara was 64 years old. She was born in Yonkers, New York to parents Abner and Sylvia (Roth) Keppler. She was employed as a lab technician with Montefiore Medical Center. Barbara will be dearly missed but her memories will be cherished by the friends and family she leaves...

Mary H. Ward

Mary H. Ward

Dec 4, 2012

Mary is from Annandale VA. She is survived by her son Dr. Leonard William Ward and two grandchildren LCPL Cameron Michael and Kimberly Michelle. Mary was a retired Civil Service Employee. She served as a Financial Analyst for the Department of the Navy for more than 30 years. Painting, crocheting and gardening were among Mary's favorite pastimes. She had a...

Elizabeth Majersky

Elizabeth Majersky

Dec 2, 2012

Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Cunningham Majersky was born in 1927, in Camden NJ. She was raised in Moorestown, and graduated as Salutatorian of that high school in 1945. She entered the Navy nursing program, and at the end of WWII, received her R.N. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She married Ernest J. Majersky of NYC in 1951, and they were...

May Hopkins

May Hopkins

Dec 2, 2012

May Catherine Hopkins of Sterling, Virginia passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2012. May was 76 years old. Born in Atlanta, Georgia she was the daughter of the late Theodore Roosevelt and Ola (Happerfield) Ahem. She was married to husband Robert Hopkins who preceded her. May will be dearly missed. But, the memories will be cherished by all of the...

Thelma C. Hendrickson

Thelma C. Hendrickson

Nov 29, 2012

Thelma C. Hendrickson age 88 passed away on November 29, 2012 at the Sunrise Senior Living Center in Countryside, Loudoun County, Virginia. Thelma Hendrickson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 7, 1924 to Francis A. Morris and Vilma A. Morris nee: Liebisch (both deceased). Thelma Hendrickson was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years John Hendrickson, who...

Esther Donahue

Esther Donahue

Nov 27, 2012

Formerly of Pittsfield, MA passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at the age of 98. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas J. Donahue in 1983. Survivors include her son Thomas J. Donahue of Potomac Falls, VA; a granddaughter, Melissa Ulmer of Rockville, MD; a grandson, Shawn Donahue of Crown Pointe, IN and 9 great grandchildren. In her...

George Barton

George Barton

Nov 24, 2012

Longtime Hamilton resident George L. Barton IV, 68, died November 24, 2012 at Avon, NC where he had enjoyed a week of relaxation and surf fishing with his wife, Kathy. A respected and well liked English and Journalism teacher at Park View High School in Sterling since 2002, Barton returned to his early roots in education following a distinguished military...

Antonio Maria Velasquez

Antonio Maria Velasquez

Nov 20, 2012

Antonio Maria Velasquez of Potomac Falls, Virginia passed away on November 20, 2012. Mr. Velasquez was 82 years old. Born in Columbia, he was the son of Rafael Velasquez and Teresita Diaz Velasquez. He proudly served his country while in the Air Force. Mr. Velasquez was employed as an economist with the US State Department. He is survived by his...

Mary Ashby

Mary Ashby

Nov 18, 2012

Mary L. Ashby, 65, of Fairfax, Virginia passed away on November 18, 2012. She was born in 1947 in Washington, D.C. Mary made others feel good about themselves while working as a hairdresser. Left behind to cherish her memories are her children Paul Myers of Fairfax, Virginia and Tina Baker of Fredericksburg, Virginia; sisters Julie Cooper and Rebekah Pathivana both...

David Inderjeet

David Inderjeet

Nov 17, 2012

David Inderjeet was born on March 28, 1937 in Kanpur, India and was the younger of two boys born to Lwellyn Valentine Singh, a District Magistrate and Bessie Gita Osborne, an Obstetrician. In his childhood, David traveled extensively throughout India with his brother, William, and mother, during her many medical assignments as a government physician. He developed a command of...

Robert "Ed" Edward Ambrose

Robert "Ed" Edward Ambrose

Nov 16, 2012

Robert Edward "Ed" Ambrose passed away on November 16, 2012. Mr. Ambrose was 81 years old. Born in Elkins, West Virginia, he was the son of James Burr and Jenny Mae (Kaylar) Ambrose. Mr. Ambrose proudly serviced his country in the United States Air Force. He was earlier employed with NASA as a Network Operations Director; participating in the Apollo...

Willie Jones Williams

Willie Jones Williams

Nov 15, 2012

Willie Jones Williams passed away on Thursday, November 15, 2012 while residing at Heritage Hall in Leesburg, Virginia. Mr. Williams was 86. Born in Jarrett Virginia, he was the youngest child of parents William Alonzo and Lucy (Jones) Williams. Willie was married to the late Margaret Williams. After proudly serving his country in the US Navy, he was the owner...

Emily Whitman Zayyani

Emily Whitman Zayyani

Nov 14, 2012

Emily W. Zayyani of Paeonian Springs, Virginia passed away on November 14, 2012. Mrs. Zayyani was 96 years old. She was married to the late Ataollah Zayyani. All services are private at this time.

James Thomas Hedge, Jr.

James Thomas Hedge, Jr.

Nov 12, 2012

James Thomas Hedge, Jr. passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Mr. Hedge was born in Martin, Tennessee to parents Emma (White) and James Thomas Hedge, Sr. He and his wife, Gloria, made their home in Ashburn, Virginia. He proudly served his country in the US Army. His memories will contiue to live on in the family and friends he...

Millard Rives

Millard Rives

Nov 11, 2012

Millard Everett Rives, slipped away to his eternal home in the early morning hours of Veteran's Day, Sunday, November 11, 2012. He fell asleep beside his beloved wife of sixty years, Annie Lee Bishop Rives, and awoke in the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Born on December 9, 1922, he spent his early years in the rural...

Evelyn Durden Joe

Evelyn Durden Joe

Nov 10, 2012

Agnes Evelyn Durden Joe, of Leesburg, VA, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2012 after recently celebrating her 86th birthday. Mrs. Joe was born in Center Hill, Florida on October 25, 1926. She graduated from High Springs High School and went on to attend a secretarial college before marrying Lawrence Palmer Joe in 1950. As the wife of a "Navy...

Eleanor Jane Walsh

Eleanor Jane Walsh

Nov 8, 2012

Eleanor Jane Walsh, 81, passed away at Reston Hospital November 8, 2012 after a long illness. She was born in Washington, D.C., raised in Forestville, MD, then spent a great deal of her life in Vienna, VA, Nevada and Florida before moving to VA to be closer to her family. She is survived by her four children; Preston T. Harbin,...

Carolyn Curtin

Carolyn Curtin

Nov 4, 2012

Carolyn Lee Curtin March 6th, 1943 – November 4th, 2012 Carolyn was preceded by her mother Catherine Mahler and her father William Mahler, and survived by husband Richard, sons William and Paul, and grandchildren Beatrice, Charlotte and Tyler. Carolyn will be missed and remembered as a loving wife, a loyal friend, ever kind and thoughtful. She was a caring devotee...

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