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Virginia Lawton
Jan 6, 2019
Virginia Lawton, Washington, DC, died on January 6 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington. Born May 1, 1925 in Oakland, Maryland, she was the daughter of Arthur and Bessie Lawton. She attended Hagerstown Business College and American and Pace Universities. She worked in public relations with several trade associations and was Corporate Secretary of the Reader's Digest Association in...
David Sir Pin
Jan 6, 2019
A service will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg, 201 Edwards Ferry Rd., Leesburg, VA. 20176.
Roger Rusk
Jan 4, 2019
Roger E. (Ned) Rusk, Jr. left us on January 4, 2019 to be with his Lord and Savior. He died peacefully at Morningside House in Leesburg, VA. Ned was born in Leesburg, VA on May 7, 1926 and was the son of the late Roger E. Rusk, Sr. and Ruth Hutchison Rusk. He served in the hospital corps in...
Kaye W. Gooch
Jan 2, 2019
Colonel Kaye Wendell Gooch
Colonel Gooch is survived by his son Thomas Gooch of Kirkwood, Missouri, sister Lena (Arlyne) Roller of New Haven, Missouri, nephew Perrin Roller of Palestine, Texas, and step-daughters Margot Mezvinsky, Vera Ovadia, Elsa Smithgall and Eve (Evie) Mezvinsky of his late wife Myra (Micky) Shulman, other relatives, and friends....
Robert J. Conner
Jan 1, 2019
Robert "Bob" John Conner Sr passed away on January 1, 2019 in Leesburg, VA at the age of 70. Robert was born on May 6, 1948 in Providence RI to Thomas and Marion Conner of Cranston RI. Bob served two years with distinction as a soldier with the United States Army in the Vietnam War, where he earned several...
Steven E. Magnus
Dec 31, 2018
A service will be held on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 3:00 pm at Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg, 201 Edwards Ferry Rd, NE, Leesburg, VA 20176. All who knew him are welcome.
Sue Taylor Vermillion
Dec 30, 2018
Sue Taylor Vermillion died on December 30, 2018 at Heritage Hall, Leesburg, Virginia. She was the daughter of Addie Jennings and Emmett Bartley Taylor, deceased. A native of Scott County, Virginia she was educated at Shoemaker High School and Radford Teachers College. She was a long standing member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church and where she sang...
Barbara Ann Falkenstine
Dec 29, 2018
Barbara Ann Falkenstine (nee Wilmoth) died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at her home in Leesburg, Virginia.
She was the only child born to Maxine and Glen Wilmoth on October 2, 1943 in Clarksburg, WV and her elbow was broken as she was being delivered. The doctor put her arm in a cast causing...
Phetdara "Kai" Phannavong Manivong
Dec 26, 2018
Phetdara "Kai" (Phannavong) Manivong, age 50, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne, Virginia after a valiant fight against Goodpasture syndrome. She was born on April 17, 1968, in Vientiane, Laos to Khampheuy and Phetsamone (Luangrath) Phannavong. Kai was an accomplished athlete, and by the age of 15 she was playing at...
Patricia "Patti" C. Best
Dec 25, 2018
Patricia ("Patti") C. Best passed away suddenly but peacefully on December 25, 2018 at INOVA Loudoun Hospital; she was 72 years young. Patti was a resident of Winchester, VA and was the owner of Scarves of Happiness. She knitted each scarf with care for her clients and included a personalized inspirational message on every piece. Patti was an avid...
James M. Hough, Jr.
Dec 15, 2018
Family will receive friends on Saturday, December 22, 2018 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 being at 11:00 am. Interment will follow at Ketoctin Cemetery.
Doris Smith
Dec 14, 2018
Doris Jean Smith
Doris Jean Smith, 88, of Leesburg, Virginia, died peacefully of natural causes on Friday, December 14, 2018 at the Lake Manassas Health and Rehabilitation Center in Gainesville, Virginia.
She was born Doris Jean Duff on September 5, 1930 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the only child of Carl H. and...
Doris Szabo
Dec 13, 2018
A memorial service will be held on Friday, December 21, 2018 at Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg, 201 Edwards Ferry Rd., NE, Leesburg, VA 20176 at 11:00 am.
Obituary to follow.
Dr. Robert Zapanta Collo
Dec 7, 2018
Dr. Robert Zapanta Collo died unexpectedly on Friday, December 6, 2018 at age 67. He was married to Ressie G. Collo for 44 years.
Robert Z. Collo was born on July 16, 1951 and grew up in Bamban Tarlac, Philippines as the son of Dr. Natalio C. Collo and Dr. Brigida Z. Collo. He attended Sto. Nino...
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