Obituaries

Jan 8, 2022

Kathleen E. Giuliano, 62, of Lucketts, Virginia passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 8th, surrounded by her husband and three children. Kathy was a loving mother, grandmother and a cancer survivor.

Kathy was born July 6th 1959 to Jane Gramling and raised by both her and her step father Don Gramling. Kathy leaves behind her husband Ki...

Jan 8, 2022

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Jan 7, 2022

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Leticia Coronel Guinto was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world suddenly on January 7, 2022 at age 69 and will be greatly missed.

She was born to Desiderio and Mila Coronel on April 7, 1952. Letty attended the University of Santo Thomas where she earned a...

Jan 6, 2022

Joel Carabuena Palo of Leesburg, VA suddenly joined his Creator at their home on Thursday, 6 th day of January 2022.  He lived a beautiful and meaningful 51 years.  He was born in Manila, Philippines on March 24, 1970 and moved to Virginia on September 2017.  Joel was preceded by his late father, Dionisio Centeno Palo and sister Marissa...

Jan 5, 2022

Patricia Frances (Langa) Charles, AKA Patsy, was born in Sewickley, PA, on May 29, 1939, and spent the next 20 years of her life in Ambridge, PA, a small industrial town 20 miles north of Pittsburgh PA. Pat lived with her parents, two brothers and paternal grandparents. Both grandparents were born in Poland and immigrated to the US through Ellis...

Dec 31, 2021

Captain Paul A. Polski

Captain Paul A. Polski, USN (Ret.) died on December 31, 2021. He was 87 years old. Paul is survived by Barbara, his loving wife of 62 years, their children David, Lori, and Douglas and six grandchildren.

Paul hailed from Northern Minnesota. He graduated from Eveleth High School in 1952. Paul served...

Dec 31, 2021

Katherine Poterba passed away on December 31, 2021.  She grew up in Brooklyn, NY. She was the oldest daughter of an immigrant Italian family. Katherine attended Hunter College in New York and married Alexander Poterba. They are survived by three children, Michael, Paula, and Nina; five grandchildren and one great granddaughter.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...