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Dr. Elizabeth Spahr And Dr. Betty Spahr Del Duca

Dr. Elizabeth Spahr And Dr. Betty Spahr Del Duca

Aug 16, 2012

Elizabeth Spahr, also remembered as Betty Spahr Del Duca, 81, passed away on August 16, 2012, after a long battle with cancer which lasted nearly twelve years. At the time of her death, she was recovering from recent surgery at Loudoun Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Leesburg, Virginia. She is survived by two married daughters, Gretchen H. Del Duca and...

Styntje Henrietta Rothrock

Styntje Henrietta Rothrock

Aug 14, 2012

Styntje H. Rothrock, known as "Henri" to friends and family alike, died on August 14, 2012 in Jupiter, Florida following a brief illness. Henri was born June 16, 1924 in Washington, D.C. to John H. and Rimada Boese. After moving to Leesburg, VA in 1970, she was an ardent volunteer and supporter of the Loudoun Memorial Hospital. She first served...

Charlotte L. Okome-David

Charlotte L. Okome-David

Aug 13, 2012

Charlotte Loraine (David) Okome passed away peacefully on the 13 Aug 2012 at home with her loving husband Desmond, daughter Celine and Sister Mary at her bedside, at 21777 Cypress Valley Terrance Sterling VA. Charlotte was born on the 7 April 1954 and raised in Upper Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia, Canada. She worked at the Ship Repair Unit at CFB...

Joan Marian Sybert

Joan Marian Sybert

Aug 12, 2012

Joan M. Sybert, age 48, passed away on Sunday, August, 12, 2012, at her home in Ashburn, VA. She is survived by her beloved partner, Burt Hall of St. Leonard, MD; her loving mother, Ethel Kimack of Patton, PA; her sisters, Debbie Kimack of Marco Island, FL and Kim Kvitkovich of Manassas, VA; her brother, Michael Kimack of Manassas, VA;...

Linda J. Austin

Linda J. Austin

Aug 10, 2012

Linda (Billie Jayne, Bunnie) Austin Born April 14, 1963, she passed away on August 10, 2012 at her home in Herndon, Virginia. Daughter of Larry Austin and late Jayne Austin, she is survived by daughter Allyson Jayne Austin, and adopted daughter Tania R. Bushrod, one sister Karen (Austin) Nuckols (Roger) of Fredricksburg, Virginia, three brothers, Jeff (Townsend) Dowdy of Tampa,...

Marie Emig

Marie Emig

Aug 9, 2012

Loving mother, grandmother, wife and friend, Agnes Marie Ausley Emig passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2012 while residing at Heritage Hall nursing home in Leesburg ,Virginia. Born on January 3, 1925 in Lillington, North Carolina she was the proud daughter of Samuel H. and Bessie Mae Hilliard Ausley. She later married Robert (Bob) Emig and together they were blessed...

Martha Miller

Martha Miller

Aug 7, 2012

Martha J. Miller of Leesburg, Virginia passed away on August 7, 2012 while residing at Meadow Glen of Leesburg. She was 85 years old. Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Vasil and Elizabeth (Tremko) Mitnik. Mrs. Miller was wife andto Lester James Miller, Jr. who predeceased her. Family will receive friends on August 15, 2012...

Bernadette Greene

Bernadette Greene

Aug 4, 2012

An out of town service is planned for a later date.

Valska Wesselhoft

Valska Wesselhoft

Aug 4, 2012

All services are private.

Patricia Ann Whitlow

Patricia Ann Whitlow

Aug 3, 2012

Patricia Ann Whitlow died August 3rd just days before her 74th birthday after a struggle with pneumonia. She had been a resident at Cameron Glenn Health Center in Reston, VA. She was born August 25th, 1938 in Kessler, WV, the only daughter of Reverend Joseph Arlie and Louise Whitlow. Later they discovered Patty, as she was called, was born with...

Evelyn P. Devlin

Evelyn P. Devlin

Aug 2, 2012

A memorial service will take place starting at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, August 6, 2012 at St. John's Catholic Church, Leesburg, Virginia.

Mary Heck

Mary Heck

Aug 2, 2012

Mrs. Heck's services will take place in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania.

Helen May Schmedegaard

Helen May Schmedegaard

Jul 29, 2012

On Sunday, July 29 Helen May Schmedegaard died peacefully in Leesburg, Virginia. She was born in Florida and spent her childhood in the Clearwater-Largo area of Florida's West Coast. She moved to Northern Virginia with her parents and eight siblings where she met and married her husband, George Hogan Schmedegaard, who preceded her in death. She worked in the banking...

Harold Bethel

Harold Bethel

Jul 26, 2012

Harold Bethel, 92, passed away July 26, 2012 in Leesburg, VA. Born on November 24, 1919 to Klee and Laura Fisher Bethel in Wilsonville, Nebraska, he is survived by daughters Cheryl Bethel Haakenson of Anchorage, AK and Marla McIntyre of Aldie, VA; sister Wilma Olson of Des Moines, IA; brother Donald Bethel of Phoenix, AZ; grandchildren Paulson McIntyre of Sterling,...

Brian Albert Goulet

Brian Albert Goulet

Jul 22, 2012

Brian Albert Goulet, 71, passed away suddenly in a tragic accident on July 22, 2012, while working on his beloved farm. He was born August 5, 1940 in Vermont to Albert Joseph Goulet and Beatrice Nugent Goulet and was raised in Island Pond, VT. Brian graduated from Brighton High School in Island Pond, served in the US Army and, shortly...

Demple Aultman

Demple Aultman

Jul 18, 2012

Demple Aultman was born in Sumrall, Mississippi on October 17, 1924. She finished high school as the Class Valedictorian in Columbia, Mississippi. In 1944, she moved to Washington, DC and lived with the Edward and Dorothy Toombs family. She attended secretarial school and began a career in the service of the U.S. Government and retired in the mid-70's. In 1993,...

Billy Shetter

Billy Shetter

Jul 16, 2012

Billy Bliss Shetter, 90, passed away on July 16, 2012, at his residence in Leesburg, VA. Born on February 18, 1922 to John W. Shetter, Sr. and Viola Ballenger Shetter, he is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty Lou Shetter, of Leesburg, two brothers: John W. Shetter, Jr. of Summit Point, WV and Cordell M. Shetter, of Leesburg,...

Douglas Zischke

Douglas Zischke

Jul 15, 2012

Douglas Zischke, 83, died peacefully at his home in Leesburg, Virginia. He was born in South Dakota in May, 1929 to Arthur and Alice Zischke. In June, 1957 he married Janice Kuehnemann. They were blessed with three children, Mark of Annandale, Deborah of Leesburg, Todd of Bumpass, and ten grandchildren. He is survived by his brother, Dr. James Zischke of...

Nicolette Sheridan Polend

Nicolette Sheridan Polend

Jul 10, 2012

Nicolette Sheridan Polend May 9, 1995 –July 10, 2012 Nicolette Sheridan Polend of Bluemont passed away at her home on July 10, 2012. She was 17 years old. She was born on May 9, 1995 in Reston, Virginia to Sherry Lynn Polend and Gregory Allen Polend. She was an upcoming senior at Woodgrove High School. In her spare time she...

Rosemary H. Hertel

Rosemary H. Hertel

Jul 8, 2012

Rosemary Haerle Hertel, 83, passed away on July 8, 2012, after a long illness. At the time of her death, she was a resident of Sunrise Assisted Living in Sterling, VA. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Robert Hertel, of Leesburg, three children: a son, Richard Hertel of Easton, PA, and two daughters; Marguerite Munroe of Cross...

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