OBITUARIES
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…