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Donald Fenton

Donald Fenton

Feb 10, 2019

Donald C. Fenton

1918 – 2019

Donald C. Fenton passed away on February 10, 2019 in Potomac Falls, VA. He was born on October 28, 1918 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Chauncey and Marguerite Fenton.

Donald joined the United States Air Force and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.  Donald withdrew from Lafayette College to...

Nona Hayward

Nona Hayward

Feb 9, 2019

Nona Irene (Langford) Hayward was born on December 10, 1945, the second child of Virgil and Vera Langford of Corydon, Iowa.  She departed this life to be with the Lord on February 9, 2019 at the Virginia Hospital Center.

Nona was preceded in death by her parents.  She is survived by her husband Robert (Bob), eldest son...

James Robert Dorsey, Jr.

James Robert Dorsey, Jr.

Feb 6, 2019

James R. Dorsey, Jr. of Leesburg, VA, was born in New York on May 19, 1949 to James Dorsey and Emma Gibson.  He is survived by his wife Elaine C. Dorsey, father of Aaron M. Dorsey, Leesburg, VA, Curtina Alsbrooks, Morne, NC, Michele Maynard, Cleveland, OH, Dionna Chambers, Dallas, TX, James D. Dorsey, Sacramento, CA, Rayshun J. Dorsey, Jefferson,...

Nanette Roman

Nanette Roman

Feb 4, 2019

Nanette K. (Heysler) Roman (82) passed away on Monday, February 4, 2019 in Leesburg, VA.

Nan, of Ashburn, VA, was born in Oneida, NY on October 24, 1936 to Charles Thomas Heysler and Arline M. Donahue Heysler.  She was the loving wife of Howard P. Roman, mother of Jeffrey M. (Sharon), Kelly K. (Deceased), Marc. R. (Rachel),...

Gabriella Maria Cossich

Gabriella Maria Cossich

Jan 31, 2019

Services will be private.

Thomas Jackson King, Sr.

Thomas Jackson King, Sr.

Jan 30, 2019

Thomas Jackson King, Sr.

Tom was born on May 11, 1920 in Huntsville, Alabama to Ephraim Jackson King and Beatrice Cloud King. Tom passed away peacefully on January 30, 2018 in Sterling, Virginia.

Tom came from humble and difficult beginnings. He grew up during the Great Depression, enrolled in high school ROTC in...

Patricia Lowder

Patricia Lowder

Jan 30, 2019

Patricia Gales Lowder

Pat peacefully passed away on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. She was the beloved wife of J. Gordon Lowder, Sr. and mother of John G. Lowder, Jr. (Donna Lowder), Stephanie L. Barker (Larry Barker) and Stuart H. Lowder (Belinda Lowder). Also surviving are seven grandchildren Paul Verzi, Amy McGregor, Christy Roberts, Katie Hesselton,...

Yaw Awuah

Yaw Awuah

Jan 29, 2019

Reverend Yaw Awuah, alias Richard Amankwaah, born in Kumasi, Ghana on January 27, 1966 went on to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 9:30 in the morning. Yaw is the second child of his mother and father. He leaves behind his mother Comfort Afua Asare, an older sister, Evert Agyekum, and two younger brothers  ...

Harry Geib, Jr.

Harry Geib, Jr.

Jan 29, 2019

Harry F. Geib, Jr. died on January 29, 2019.  Harry was born in Lebanon, PA to Harry and Elizabeth Geib.   During high school he moved to Arlington, VA and graduated from Washington and Lee High School.  Harry attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated in 1959.  He was an accomplished trumpet player who played with the Highty-Tighty Marching Band at...

Mary Katherine Gillis

Mary Katherine Gillis

Jan 28, 2019

Pending arrangements with Arlington National Cemetery.

Carole French

Carole French

Jan 22, 2019

Carole Ann French June 30, 1942- January 22, 2019

Carole passed away peacefully in Winchester, Va.  She was born in Youngstown, Ohio and raised in Struthers, Ohio.  Upon graduation from high school she moved to Washington, DC to complete her nursing degree from George Washington Hospital.  She met and fell in love with her to be husband...

Donal Elliott

Donal Elliott

Jan 22, 2019

Captain Donal "Don" Willis Elliott, 86, died peacefully at the Capital Caring Hospice on January 22, 2019.

Captain Elliott was born on December 24, 1932 in Belleville, NJ to Dorothy Muriel and George Willis Elliott. Born in the midst of the Great Depression, his father left him, his mother and older sister shortly after his birth. They...

Larry Dale Smith

Larry Dale Smith

Jan 19, 2019

Larry Dale Smith, age 62 of Lovettsville passed away on January 19, 2019

He was born in Frankfurt Germany to the late Adelbert Eugene and Mary Elizabeth Smith. Until he was 9, he spent most of his life in Germany, where his dad was stationed for the US Army, before returning to America. The family then moved...

Ruth Reynard

Ruth Reynard

Jan 19, 2019

Ruth M. Reynard passed away peacefully on January 19, 2019 at INOVA Loudoun Hospital.

She was one of 13 children to William and Maud Carl (both deceased). Ruth was born April 9, 1938 in Shamokin, PA and her family moved to Northern Virginia when she was 3.  She graduated from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA and...

Lothar H. Ruhnke

Lothar H. Ruhnke

Jan 17, 2019

Services will be private.

Kevin J. Roshak

Kevin J. Roshak

Jan 17, 2019

Kevin J. Roshak of Ashburn, Virginia, passed away on January 17, 2019. He is survived by his loving wife, Bethany Marcello Roshak and his sons, Thomas (11) and Ben (8). He is the son of Joseph and Linda Roshak, brother of Joi Lynn Roshak, son-in-law of Bob and Donna Marcello, brother-in-law of Rory and Shawn Bagwell, uncle...

Barbara Nadel

Barbara Nadel

Jan 16, 2019

Barbara Nadel passed away on January 16, 2019. She died peacefully at INOVA Loudoun Hospital after a brief stay.   Barbara was born in New York City on July 23rd, 1945 and was the daughter of the late Morris Nadel and Ida Pessis Nadel.  She moved to Virginia in the late 70's and has resided in Loudoun County for over...

Maxine Kreider

Maxine Kreider

Jan 15, 2019

Maxine Tarry Kreider, 74, died on January 15, 2019. Maxine was born on September 17, 1944 in Inkster, MI. She grew up in Dearborn, MI, graduating from Fordson High School in 1962. Maxine attended Macomb College and earned a nursing degree.  Maxine is preceeded in death by her husband, Kenneth Kreider and her sisters Betty, Mary, Terry, and Martha....

Earl Smith

Earl Smith

Jan 15, 2019

Services will be private.

Pappy Kunjamma

Pappy Kunjamma

Jan 13, 2019

Family will receive friends on Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg, 201 Edwards Ferry Rd, NE, Leesburg, VA  20176, where a service will be held on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 10:30 am.  Interment will immediately follow at Chestnut Grove, Herndon, VA.

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