Dorothy Viola Richardson Teates
Dec 30, 2021
Dorothy Viola Richardson Teates, 90, of Leesburg, Virginia, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021, at Commonweath Senior Living of Berryville.
Dorothy was born October 3, 1931, in Victoria Hospital, Miami, Florida. She was the daughter of the late Simon and Mary Elizabeth Richardson, of Miami. Sister to Mary Jane Lathan, John Richarson deceased and Howard Wayne Richardson...
John "Jack" Samuel Arnold
Dec 29, 2021
John (Jack) Samuel Arnold, age 89, of Leesburg, Virginia passed away on December 29, 2021. He was born on April 16, 1932 and was the son of James E. and Forrest I. Arnold.
A life-long resident of Loudoun County, he worked as a farmer on the Arnold Family farm in Waterford, Virginia. He also worked many years...
Gayle Thomas Bailey
Dec 27, 2021
Gayle Bailey 11/17/1946-12/27/2021 (75yrs old)
Gayle Thomas Bailey, age 75, of Northern Virginia, passed away suddenly on December 27th, 2021 at Reston Hospital Center in Reston Virginia. Born in 1946 and was adopted to the late John and Elizabeth Bailey of Lexington Kentucky. Gayle is survived by his loving wife, Elizabeth (Bonnie) Bailey of 40 years. And...
Harry Preston Hough
Dec 23, 2021
Harry Preston Hough of Leesburg, VA, passed away on December 23, 2021, at Heritage Hill Leesburg Nursing Facility. He was 101 years old.
Mr. Hough is predeceased by his wife Anna, four brothers and two sisters. He is survived by his daughter Peggy Ann Falzone and her husband Michael; granddaughter Joanna Summey and her husband Robert; and...
Rosemary (Teeny) Kathleen Murphy Zugel
Dec 23, 2021
Rosemary (Teeny) Kathleen Murphy Zugel, 89, of Washington D.C., passed away on December 23rd.
Rosemary was born in Washington D.C. on February 18th, 1932 to John and Mary Ellen Murphy of Galway, Ireland. She grew up on Capitol Hill where she attended St. Joseph's Elementary School and Immaculate Conception High School.
After graduation, she studied...
Bridget Ruth Sponsler
Dec 22, 2021
Bridget Ruth Sponsler of Leesburg, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 22nd 2021, after spending the day surrounded by adoring family. Bridget was born on July 10, 1928 in Battle, England. She lived a remarkable 93 years, spending her childhood growing up in wartime England and Wales. At age 18, following World War II, Bridget immigrated to the United...
James Derrick Costa
Dec 21, 2021
James Derrick Costa, 61, of Broadlands, VA, passed away suddenly and quickly and went to his eternal Home peacefully to be with Jesus on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. He is survived by his high school sweetheart & wife Gwen of 35 years, his son Derrick And daughter Lauren.
He was known as Jimmy Boy (and at other...
Gary Lee Eldridge
Dec 21, 2021
Gary Lee Eldridge, age 73, of Centreville, VA, passed away suddenly on December 21, 2021, at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, VA. Born in 1948 to the late William Robert Eldridge, Jr. and Mary Ellen (Carter) Eldridge, in Harriman, TN, Gary is the beloved husband of Linda D. Eldridge, his wife of 34 years; and devoted father of...
Keith Lennox Alexander
Dec 9, 2021
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Family will receive friends on December 14, 2021 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg, 201 Edwards Ferry Rd., NE, Leesburg, VA 20176 where a service will begin at 2:00 pm.
Ann Tanner Slater
Dec 9, 2021
Ann Tanner Slater passed peacefully on Thursday, December 9, 2021 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Born in Glendale, CA on May 25, 1929, she spent most of her early life in California living with her parents, Harry L. and Ann S. Tanner and her younger brother, Stephen. During the early stages of World War II, her mother took Ann and...
Dr. Theron Joseph Bennett
Dec 8, 2021
Dr. Theron Joseph Bennett
October 5, 1943 - December 8, 2021
Theron Joseph was born on October 5, 1943 in Cincinnati, OH to Theron Francis and Stella Marie (Niehaus) Bennett. An only child, he dreamed of being a truck driver while performing his altar boy duties, playing on the railroad tracks, and hanging out in...
Shirley Louise Gardner
Dec 7, 2021
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Shirley Gardner went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday December 7 th, 2021, after a long life of working hard, serving the Lord, having a good sense of humor and helping others. She was born in Loudoun County and raised on a dairy farm in Ashburn, VA, with her eleven brothers and...
Fulton Want, Jr.
Dec 5, 2021
Fulton Want Jr, 94, passed away on Sunday December 5, 2021, at Morningside House in Leesburg, Virginia. Fulton was born on February 24, 1927 in Memphis, Tennessee to Fulton Want Sr and Dorothy Elliotte Want, and moved into Loudoun County in 1947 from the District of Columbia. After graduating high school, he attended Urbana University (Illinois), and graduated with...
Patricia Grace Worthington Ward
Dec 5, 2021
Patricia Grace Worthington Ward (87), of Leesburg, died December 5 th 2021 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Patricia, known to her friends as Trish, was born and educated in England. After touring Europe on her Vespa scooter and working in Switzerland, she joined the British Foreign Service in 1961 and was posted to Washington, D.C. ...
Brian Andrew White
Dec 3, 2021
Brian is survived by his mother Ruth, his father Randy, his sister Christina, his brother Timmy and Jamar Warner, and his three kids: Josiah, Brian, and Samuel.
Brian was a strong-willed person as well as a caring person. He would sit and watch Sunday football with his momma. The Redskins was the team the family supported, so naturally...
Denise R. Torelli
Dec 3, 2021
Denise R. Torelli died December 3, 2021 after a valiant 5-year battle with brain cancer. She was born December 6, 1956 in Belleville, Kansas to Garnett and Carol Zimmerly. She leaves behind her devoted and loving husband of 41 years, Stephen M. Torelli, beloved son Richard, sisters Janet Hall and Alison Zimmerly, sister-in-law Rita Swift, nieces Emily and Carole...
Josephine Derryberry
Dec 3, 2021
Josephine Derryberry, 85, passed away suddenly on December 3, 2021. This unexpected loss has left family and friends shocked and deeply saddened. She will be terribly missed in so many ways.
Born in Hawaii, on June 19, 1936, to Clara and Estaban Costales, Jo was one of nine children. She married Norman Derryberry on June 4, 1960,...
Janice Zischke
Dec 2, 2021
Janice Zischke
December 2, 2021
Janice Zischke, 91, died peacefully at her home in Leesburg, Virginia. She was born in Watertown, Wisconsin in March, 1930 to Ida and Clifford Kuehnemann. In June, 1957, she married Douglas Zischke. They were blessed with three children, Mark of Annandale, Deborah of Leesburg, Todd of Bumpass, and ten grandchildren....
Lance Raleigh Cross
Dec 1, 2021
Lance Raleigh Cross, an aerospace engineering undergraduate student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, passed away suddenly on December 1, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Lance grew up in Leesburg, Virginia, and planned to graduate from Embry-Riddle in Spring 2022. Lance loved travel, hiking, cooking, video games, and spending time with family and friends. His academic interests included systems engineering, materials...
James Arthur Keaton Sr.
Nov 29, 2021
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James Arthur Keaton, Sr., 94, of Hampton, VA, born March 11, 1927, passed on November 29, 2021. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1970 and later from NASA in the early 1990s. During the Vietnam War, he was recognized for outstanding meritorious service in connection with military operations against a hostile force and...
