All Obituaries

Robert Donald Bloom, 61, a Public Safety System Administrator for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, a loving father, husband, brother, son, uncle and friend, has passed away unexpectedly on July 20th, 2020, in a vehicle accident on North Kings Highway and Telegraph Road during his commute to work in the AM. Bob was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on July 18th, 1959, to Donald George Bloom and Vera Lavelle Bowman of Montoursville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Williamsport Area...

Mr. Chronister passed away Saturday, February 1, 2020 at his home. He was born October 3, 1941 at Harden City, OK to William Henry and Eva Eugene Reid Chronister. He lived in the Franks/Fittstown area all of his life. He received a GED and later received a Bachelor of Science Degree from East Central University. He married Rose Marie Hernandez November 22, 1966 at Roff. Mr. Chronister worked for the Oklahoma Tax Commission for eight years and the Environmental Protection Agency in Ada as a...

Rita Hedwig Engelbrecht, 83, of Ashburn, Virginia passed away on July 23, 2020. She was born in Jamaica, New York on September 16, 1933, the daughter of Frederick and Katharina Schmid. Rita was the 1st generation of her family born in the United States. Rita grew up in Manhasset, New York where she lived across from tennis courts. She enjoyed watching many tennis matches, and eventually learned and became good at the game herself. After graduating high school, Rita attended college in...

Francine Faye York died July 27, 2020 in Alexandria, Va. after a courageous 2-1/2-year battle with cancer. Because of the lack of doctors in Sidney after World War II, Francine was born in Williston, N.D. on March 5, 1946 to Ben and Verna (Johnson) York. She graduated from Sidney Senior High School in 1964 and then earned Bachelor of Science degrees in pre-medicine and economics from Montana State University in Bozeman. She also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the...

Carolyn Elizabeth Rauch Carolyn E. Rauch, 71 of Fairfax, VA, died at her home on July 19, 2020. Carolyn was born in Milford, NJ and grew up in Bucks County, PA. She retired from United Airlines after 30 years of service. She was the daughter of William H. Stanley, Jr (1910 -1996) and Elsie M. Ecker Stanley (1913-2014). In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her only sibling, William H. Stanley, III (1945-1966). She is survived by her loving husband of 45 years, James...

  Jordan Marie Page, 25, graced us with her beautiful presence on May 5, 1995, in Fairfax, Virginia. She is survived by her parents, George Curtis Page, Jr. and Crystal Monica Page and brother, Satchel Ryan Page of Centreville, Virginia. Along with her step-mother, Torina Lamonda Page and step-siblings, Taylor Marie Mitchell, and Jaylen Mitchell Ragland of Centreville, Virginia. Jordan attended Westfield High School in Centreville, Virginia and completed her higher education at...

Remembrance of Ella Massey Pascale July 20, 1927 to June 28, 2020 Ella Massey Pascale passed away in her apartment at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community on Sunday, June 28th, less than a month short of her ninety-third birthday, after complications from a fall, and perhaps, a small stroke about the time of the fall. Three members of her family gathered around, singing fifteen or twenty of her favorite hymns and songs. We believe she ended her life as we sang A Mighty Fortress, Great...

Thomas K. Fahey, Army veteran, aged 76, died peacefully surrounded by his children on Sunday, June 14, 2020 at Washington Hospital Center.  Tom was born on May 6, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio to Thomas and Elizabeth Fahey.  He graduated from Cathedral Latin School in 1962 and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from John Carroll University in 1966. He married Patricia Marie Conkey (d.) on September 23, 1967 and enjoyed 51 years together. He joined the United...

Violet June Simmons Jernigan, 86, of Alexandria, Virginia passed away on June 10, 2020. She was born in Pulaski, Virginia on September 5, 1933, the daughter of Troy and Nellie Simmons. June was a devout Christian.  In fact, it was in church where she met the love of her life, Sheldon Jernigan.  They were married by her father, who was an ordained minister, on October 28, 1950.  She was always so proud that her father married them.  June and Sheldon raised two...