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AT a.m. Burial will follow in the Hillsboro Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Hall Funeral Home in Purcellville from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday March 15th. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to your local Habitat for Humanity or food bank.
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Brussels, Belgium; daughter Rebecca Bradford (David), of Charles Town, WV; and grandchildren Jessica Custer (Mike), Austin Styer, Rachael Styer, Alex Styer, Emily Bradford, Clara Bradford, Jacob Bradford and Hope Legard.
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A visitation will be held Wednesday, March Please visit www.hallfh.com to express on18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home in line condolences to the family. Arrangements Purcellville. The funeral will be held at 10 made by Hall Funeral Home, Purcellville, VA. a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with Pastor Gary Smith officiating. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, PA. The family would like to thank Dr. Ali R. Assefi and Dr. Amy J. Irwin for their support and compassion during the past three years.
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He is survived by his wife of 51 years Kay Kirkner Styer; sons Norman K. Styer (Su- A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at Please visit www.hallfh.com to express onsan), of Round Hill; and Col. John A. Styer St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Pur- line condolences to the family. Arrangements (Deana), currently stationed with NATO in cellville, VA on Monday March 16th at 10:30 made by Hall Funeral Home, Purcellville, VA.
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Alice worked as a project manager for several Washington area companies including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. She was an accomplished artist, especially proficient in In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her two brothers William David watercolors. Baldridge and Roy Mack Baldridge. Alice is survived by her devoted husband Michael Poel and son Christian of Round A graveside service was held on March 15, Hill, VA. She is also survived by her loving 2015, 1:00 p.m. at the Hillsboro Cemetery. sister Maureen Collins Margevich and husband Douglas, two nieces, Loran and Susan, In Lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be of Falling Waters, WV and numerous family made to Capitol Caring Hospice, The Adler Center 24419 Millstream Dr. Aldie, VA 20105. members who mourn her passing.
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Alice Norma Collins Poel
Alice Norma Collins Poel passed into Life Eternal on March 10, 2015 at Loudoun Hospital. Alice was born to Roger and Ellen Collins now of Hagerstown, MD. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, VA, in 1985 and from Beaver College, now Acadia University, in Glenside Pennsylvania.
She will always be remembered as a loving, Arrangements are being handled by Loukind, and caring person always thinking of doun Funeral Chapel, 158 Catoctin Circle, others. She loved cooking, quilting, taking SE, Leesburg, VA 20175, where the family long drives and spending time with family. will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Funeral services She is survived by her husband of 58 years, will also be held at Loudoun Funeral Chapel George Kenneth Cummings, one daughter, at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2015. Debra Anne James, two sons, Michael Kenneth Interment will follow at Union Cemetery in Cummings and Jenny Jenkins, Richard David Leesburg, VA. Donations may be made in Cummings and Eveline Cummings, two sisters, Elsie’s memory to The Gideons International, Mabel Rollison, and Cathy Polen, two brothers, P.O. Box 1143, Sterling, VA 20167; or, HeriFrank Baldridge and Harold Baldridge, and her tage Baptist Church, 21700 Shellhorn Rd, special granddaughter Jaclyn Wilson and her Ashburn, VA 20147. mother Shannon Wilson, along with an extended family and many friends.
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His interest in radios began at age 4, when he would listen to shortwave communications during World War II. He operated a licensed shortwave listening station as a teen and obtained his first ham license, as KN3ZGS, in 1962. He later operated as WA3BZA, as EP2SN while in Iran, and finally as AI2C after earning his Amateur Extra Class license, the top U.S. license class. He was an active member, past president and webmaster of the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group and a member of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service of Loudoun County. He was noted for his expertise in making two-way radio communications to distance counties, known as DXing, and the science of world-wide propagation in which such radio signals are influenced by times of the day and year and sun spot cycle. He was a leader of the LARG annual Field Day, an emergency preparedness exercise in which the club regularly ranked among the top performers in the country.
Betty Joyce Cummings
Betty Joyce Cummings of Purcellville, V.A lost her battle with cancer March 12, 2015 at the age of 74. She was the daughter of the late Jesse David Baldridge and the late Virginia Cathrine Baldridge.
Elsie is survived by her son, Rodney B. and his wife Connie J. Gunther of Ashburn, VA; three grandsons and their families – Jeffrey, his wife Melissa, and their daughter Emeline Gunther of Mint Hill, NC; Steven, his wife Jessica, and their children Braden, Jordan, and Lexie Faith Gunther of O’Fallon, IL; and, Brian, his wife LeAnn, and their sons Blake and Andrew Gunther of Ashburn, VA. She was predeceased by her daughter, Elaine D. Pumo.
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In civilian life, he devoted his attention to his family, especially his grandchildren, and his lifelong interest in amateur radio.
Elsie T. Gunther
Ms. Elsie T. Gunther, 91, died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at her home. She was born January 25, 1924, in Fort William, Canada. After working for more than 25 years at AT&T, Elsie moved to Sterling, VA in 1999 and later made her residence at Spring Arbor Assisted Living, Leesburg, VA. She regularly attended worship services with her family at Sterling Park Baptist Church and, more recently, at Heritage Baptist Church.
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Memorial contributions may be made to Norman W. Styer Jr. Norman W. Styer Jr., 74, of Leesburg died Fri- the National Kidney Foundation (www.kidney. day, March 13 at Inova Loudoun Hospital in org), Finance Department, 30 E. 33rd St., New York, NY 10016, or to the Multiple Myeloma Lansdowne. Research Foundation (www.themmrf.org), 383 He was born June 19, 1940, in Reading, Main Ave., 5th Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851. PA, to Norman W. Styer Sr. and Myrtle Care Styer. He was raised on a farm near Elverson, PA, and was a member of the first graduating class at Twin Valley High School in Morgantown, PA. He attended Penn State University as a ROTC cadet, graduating with a degree in electrical engineering and later returning to earn his master’s degree. After completing basic training at Ft. Gordon, GA, he embarked on a 27-year U.S. Army career that included service in Vietnam, and assignments in Augsburg, Germany; Ft. Monmouth, N.J.; Ft. Hood, TX; Ft. Leavenworth; KS, Tehran, Iran; Reston, VA; and the Pentagon. Col. Styer retired in 1991 after serving as commander of the CECOM Center for Space Systems. Among his military decorations are the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal.
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