OBITUARIES
John Duncan Marsh, age 89, passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 1, at Spring Arbor in Leesburg. He was born Oct. 6, 1931 to Edward Henry Marsh and Helen Hirst Marsh. He grew up in Brooklyn, NY and summered annually in Purcellville, visiting many generations of the Hirst family. In 1950, he and his family…
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Shelby Harris Decker of Purcellville, loving wife and mother, passed away at the age of 81 in Berryville, Virginia. She courageously battled Alzheimer’s disease for 16 years. Decker was born on August 29, 1939 in Long Island, Virginia and raised in Norfolk and Chesapeake, Virginia. She graduated from Great Bridge High…
Allen ‘Roy’ Windham, 82, of Purcellville, Virginia, passed away on Monday Dec. 21, 2020 with his loving wife and daughter at his side after losing his battle with cancer. Windham’s life began on June 29, 1938, in Jonesboro, Texas, when Henry Thomas and Edna Merle Humes Windham gave birth to twin boys, Thomas Ray and Allen Roy…
Jean Smith Brown, long time resident of Lincoln, and community fixture in Loudoun County died January 15, after a short illness. Brown is survived by her daughter, Sara Brown, her son in law, Scott Maison, and her beloved grandchildren Hannah and William, all of Lincoln. She leaves behind sisters Page Smith of Georgetown, Lucy Albritton…
Shirley R. van Buskirk, 73, of Purcellville, passed away Monday Dec. 14, 2020 at Waltonwood-Ashburn. She was born March 1, 1947 in Goshen, IN., and was the daughter of the late Harold E. and Phyllis (Bemenderfer) Shriner. She was predeceased by her sister, Sharon Jean Williams. She was a 1965 graduate of Benton Harbor (MI)…