Obituaries

Remembering Greg Fornino

May 9, 2022

Greg Fornino, an amazing husband, dad, son, and friend, left us suddenly on April 30, 2022 going to do what he loved to do: work out. He was born to Michael and Sandra Fornino on May 28, 1975. After receiving his BA in Ceramic Engineering at Rutgers University he went on to become, over the…

Remembering Gregory Scott Williams

May 7, 2022

Gregory Scott Williams, 48, of Grants Pass, Oregon, passed away on April 24, 2022. Greg was born on July 14, 1973 at Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax County, VA, the third of three sons, of Geoffrey Thomas and Mary Susan Barrett Williams.  Greg was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Susan Barrett Williams, and brother, Sean Bradley…

Remembering Evelyn L. Jenkins

April 22, 2022

Evelyn worked for Loudoun County Public Schools as a Special Education bus driver for 35 years. She loved spending time with friends and co-workers. She cared about others and was happy to help anyone in need.   Evelyn L. Jenkins passed away peacefully at her home in Purcellville, Virginia, with her family by her side on…

Remembering Alexander “Alec” Dunne Walsh

April 3, 2022

Alexander Dunne Walsh was born on Sept. 27, 1943 and passed away on March 27, 2022. Known to everyone as Alec – he was born to James and Betty Walsh – and raised on the family farm, Berkeley, in Bluemont, Virginia.  Walsh developed a love for western Loudoun County, where family roots reached back to the early 1900’s. Riding a school…

Henry Garnett Plaster, Jr.

March 31, 2022

Henry Garnett Plaster, Jr., 93, of Bluemont, Virginia, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2022. Henry was born July 26, 1928, to Henry Garnett Plaster, Sr. and Jerusha Lohman Plaster in Washington, DC. After graduating from St. Albans School in 1946, he went on to receive a B.S. in Physics at Duke University in 1950,…

Remembering Mary Elizabeth Strange

February 2, 2022

Mary Elizabeth Strange, 60, of Purcellville, passed away Sunday, Dec. 30, after a brief illness. She was born in Kerrville, TX in 1961 to James and Carolyn Strange.  Elizabeth grew up in Texas, New Jersey, and Florida. She received a Bachelor of Arts from New College of Florida, where she majored in Classics and Religious Studies.…

Remembring Kathleen “Casey” Marie DeSouza

January 6, 2022

Kathleen “Casey” Marie DeSouza was born in a military hospital at Fr. Belvoir in Virginia on June 2, 1961, to her parents Charles and Anne O’Donnell. Casey was the tenth child of eleven for the O’Donnell couple.  She left us to be with our Lord on Jan. 3, 2021, six months shy of her sixtieth…

Remembering Joyce Louise Calvin Clegg

November 9, 2021

Joyce Louise Calvin Clegg was born on November 12, 1946, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and went to be with the Lord on Nov. 1, 2021, surrounded by her loving family. Clegg was a lifelong believer, giving her life to Christ at a young age. She was the third daughter of Warren and Violet Calvin and…

Remembering Daniel Patrick Hardey

November 5, 2021

Daniel Patrick Hardey, age 63 of Frederick, Maryland passed away peacefully at home from colon cancer on Oct. 29.  Danny was born on Jan. 16, 1958 in Bethesda, Maryland to the late Robert L. Hardey and Elizabeth Dolorine McCusker Hardey.  In 1966, he moved with his family to Lovettsville, Virginia. He graduated from Loudoun Valley…

Remembering Jane Williams Wortman

September 24, 2021

Jane Wortman, age 90, passed away Friday, September 17, 2021, at Blue Ridge Hospice Hospital after battling heart disease and a short but aggressive fight with cancer. Wortman was born on December 17, 1930, in Henderson, North Carolina. She joins her husband, Wilbur (W.J.) in heaven. Jane and W.J. were married 68 years and raised…