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Rev. Marthell Hicks, Jr.
Jun 27, 2020
Rev. Marthell Hicks, Jr. passed away on June 27, 2020. Marthell was born on November 18, 1958 at Altus Air Force Base in Altus, Oklahoma, the second child of Marthell Hicks, Sr. and Estella E. Hicks. He graduated from Friendly High School in Fort Washington, MD class of 1976 and Grambling State University in Grambling, LA class...
Kathryn Harper Polen
Jun 27, 2020
Kathryn Winter Harper Polen, 52, of Leesburg, Virginia passed away on June 27, 2020 after a long illness. Kathy was preceded in death by her parents, Billy and Sandy Harper, and her husband Allen Polen. She is survived by her sons Adam Polen and Caleb Polen, her sister Amy Harper, and her aunts and cousins.
Kathy graduated...
Frances Leona Austin
Jun 26, 2020
Frances Leona Frye Austin, 90, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, June 26, 2020, at Heritage Hall Nursing Facility, having died from COVID-19 after being sick for seven days. Frances was the thirteenth sibling of eighteen children born to parents Ode Elton Frye and Virgie Mae Barnhouse Frye. She was predeceased by her parents and...
Mary Margaret Hill
Jun 25, 2020
A sweet Spirit, Mary Margaret Hill, 88 of Stafford, VA entered into eternal peaceful sleep on June 25, 2020. She was born on July 31, 1931 in Wilmington, NC to the late Norman Burns, Sr and Geneva Larkins. Â Margaret, as she was called by her family was a very precocious child. Â At the age of 10, Mary moved to...
Rose Riemer Lowe
Jun 24, 2020
Mrs. Rose Riemer Lowe of Ashburn, VA (age 92) passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. She is predeceased by her husband of 47 years, Marion Lee Lowe, her sister Regina Riemer, her brother Roberto Reimer. She is survived by her children Richard Lowe (Karen) and Paula Anne Lowe and grandchildren Kevin Lowe and Michele Lowe.
Rose...
Oscar Ernesto Cortez
Jun 24, 2020
Oscar Ernesto Cortez, nació en El Salvador el 9 de Julio de 1961, falleció en Reston, Virginia, el 24 de Junio del 2020 a la edad de 58 años. Le sobreviven su papá BenjamÃn Cortez, su esposa Rosa Maria Cortez, sus hijos Odir Cortez, Oscar Alejandro Cortez, Criz Cortez Flores, sus hijas Helen Cortez y Rosa Del Carmen Flores...
Larry Elgin Edwards
Jun 24, 2020
Larry Elgin Edwards, 72, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at the Capital Caring Adler Center in Aldie, Virginia. His passing went exactly the way he planned, just like the rest of his life. Larry was predeceased by his parents Shelton Nelson and Grace Lee Edwards. Larry is survived by his wife Joanne Edwards, his...
Paul M. Moilanen
Jun 23, 2020
Paul Marvin Moilanen, 87 of Leesburg, Virginia passed from this life in the arms of his beloved wife on June 23, 2020 after battling cancer. Paul was born in Laurium, Michigan to the late Henry and Anna Melida Moilanen on September 13, 1932. Paul is preceded in death by his brother Ronald Moilanen and sister Karen Howard. Paul is...
Marien J. Smith
Jun 22, 2020
Marien Jane Smith, 88, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 22, 2020 after a short battle with coronavirus. Born in 1932, Jane was raised in Elmira, New York and lived in San Francisco, California; Arlington, Virginia; and Frankford, Delaware before returning to live in Arlington and later, Leesburg, Virginia after the death of her husband, the late John "Jack"...
Gregory John Donley
Jun 21, 2020
Gregory John Donley, 71, of Ashburn, Virginia passed from this life in the arms of his beloved wife on June 21, 2020 after battling ALS. Gregg was born in Wheeling, West Virginia to the late Howard Emory and Gabrielle McLeod Donley. Gregg is survived by his wife of 28 years, Julie (Weed) Donley, son Gregory Ryan (Julia) Donley, daughter...
Wilfredo Chiroque Gutiérrez
Jun 20, 2020
Family will receive friends on Monday, July 6, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg, 201 Edwards Ferry Rd., NE, Leesburg, VA 20176, where a service will begin at 11:00 am. Inurnment will follow at Ketoctin Cemetery, Purcellville, VA.
Willard "Whiz" W. Walters
Jun 20, 2020
Willard "Whiz" Walters
Willard Walters, 91, of Leesburg, VA passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 20, 2020. Born 1929 in Scranton, PA to the late Michael and Catherine (Barclay) Walters. Willard was raised in Scranton, PA and was a graduate of the former Central Scranton High School. Before moving to Leesburg, VA in 1991, he...
Shawn Christian Hitteman
Jun 13, 2020
Shawn Christian Hitteman of Ashburn, VA was born July 21, 1975 in Peoria, Illinois. He spent his early years in Illinois with his younger brother Brad, and eventually moved to Texas where he spent his teenage and early adult years. He moved to Virginia in 2001 after the birth of his oldest daughter.
Shawn's career was in...
Jerry Lewis Jenkins
Jun 6, 2020
Jerry Lewis Jenkins Sr. of Leesburg, VA passed away in his home surrounded by family on Saturday, June 6th, 2020. Â He was preceded in death by his father, Grady Jenkins. Â He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his loving wife of 37 years, Denise Jenkins, his mother, Mabel Randal (Theodore), his children Jerry Jenkins Jr. (Vathsana), Shanda Jenkins, and...
Elizabeth "Betty" Smith Cooper
Jun 5, 2020
Elizabeth (Betty) Smith Cooper passed away peacefully at home June 5, 2020, surrounded by her loved ones after a courageous battle against cancer. Betty was born February 21, 1937, in Loudoun County, VA, and was the daughter of Benjamin and Estelle Smith. She grew up in Round Hill, VA, and graduated from Loudoun County High School. She drove a...
Ruth Ann Carson
Jun 5, 2020
Ruth Ann Carson, age 75, of Leesburg, VA passed peacefully on June 5, 2020 at Heritage Hall Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Born on December 15, 1944 in Arlington, VA, she was the daughter of Percy & Lillian Carson. Ruth Ann grew up in northern Virginia with her parents and brother Graham, where they attended Arlington Calvary Church...
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