All Obituaries

A graveside service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

James Warren Falk of Alexandria, VA, formerly of Morristown, NJ, died November 6, 2019. He was born December 31, 1924, in New York City, the son of Sam and Fannye (Koenig) Falk. After his service in the Navy, Jim and Carol (Verber) were married. He completed law school at New York University and began a long career as a patent attorney at Bell Labs during its most productive decades. In “retirement” he worked for BellCore, Telcordia, and the New York law firm Darby and Darby...

Joseph W. Shuster, of Alexandria, Virginia died on November 5, 2019 in Fairfax, Virginia.  He was born July 29, 1924 in Greenville, Pennsylvania to the Reverend and Mrs. Joseph R. Shuster, Pastor of St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church.  He served in the US Army Air Corps in World War-II as a B-24 Bomber pilot in 15th Air Force, in Italy. On November 16, 1948, he married Mary Elizabeth Sherrock of Hazleton, Pennsylvania.  In addition to his wife of almost 71 years, he is...

A graveside service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 10:00 a.m

Rosie Yolanda Ferry, born on May 31, 1929, a life-long resident of Alexandria, Virginia, having a wonderful life, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on November 3, 2019. Rosie, born in Buffalo, New York, was raised in Del Ray and graduated from George Washington High School. She worked for the Kennedy Administration, the President's Commission on Women's Issues, in the front office at Saint Rita's Catholic Church, Control Data, and retired after 18 years...

William K. “Bill” Burns was born in Philadelphia, Pa. on June 20, 1943 to Flora Stickling Burns and Thomas Edward Burns, Jr.  He was the third son and youngest brother of Bob and Tom. Bill is survived by his three children, Eric, Laura, and Greg, and six grandchildren: Wyatt (15), Penelope (12), Bailey (12), Kirsten (11), Finian (10), and Lindsey (9).  His wife of 53 years, Wendy Duguid Burns, sadly predeceased Bill in May of 2019. Growing up in Drexel Hill, Pa., Bill...

Marie A. Finley, 63 years old, Dumfries, Virginia, transitioned Saturday morning October 19, 2019, at home after a short illness. Marie was born in Lafayette, Alabama on January 20, 1956.  After graduating college, Marie started as an intern with the Federal Government. Her distinguished civil service career that spanned more than 37 years. She received a Meritorious Civil Service Medal for exceptional performance while serving as Acquisition Manager for the Defense, Communications and...

Beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Joan Frances Pollaci, passed away in the late afternoon on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. Joan is survived by her husband of 53 years, Charles Joseph Pollaci, her sons Frederick Pollaci (wife Nicolle) and Thomas Pollaci, and her three beloved grandsons: Christian, Joshua and Daniel. She is also survived by her sister, Marie Nicholson of Merrick, New York.  Joan was born on March 9, 1935 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York.   She was the...