Lorin Maazel, a world-renown composer and founder of the Castleton Festival – a regular performance at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas – has died.
Maazel, 84, passed away at this Virginia home this morning following a bout with pneumonia, according to the Castleton Festival website.
“Begin Again” sounded like a good movie, and a pretty good move in general, so I tuned into Writer/Director John Carney’s (”Once”) second feature film.
Dan (Mark Ruffalo from “Now You See Me“) is a once-great A&R guy with no A or R. He has not signed an artist for a decade, so his label threw him out. Dan also left his wife a year ago, so things are really looking down. Every piece of new music he hears sounds old and tired and worthless – a kind of audio metaphor for his life.
Johnnie McDade Haines, age 82 of Catlett, VA died on Thursday, July 10, 2014 at her residence.
She was preceded in death by her husband William Garner Haines, Jr.; her brother William Franklin McDade, Jr. and her sister Mary N. Stryker.
DONALD WAYNE CHANDLER, age 71, passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2014 at INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, VA.
He was born on April 7, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Noble Earl and Raven Alexandra (Thomas) Chandler. Mr. Chandler was a charter member of the local HOG Chapter and loved riding his hog. Donald loved his friends and family but above all else he enjoyed helping people.
Juliette Anastastia Becker Bardwell, 81, passed away peacefully at her home in Nokesville, VA on July 7, 2014 surrounded by her loving family.
Juliette was the daughter of John and Ruth Becker. She was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. She was a gifted artist and writer. She met her future husband, John Lawrence Bardwell, Jr on a blind date at a dance while he served in the United States Air Force. They married on December 23, 1958 and were happily wed for 56 years.
Sergei Olive of Manassas passed away on July 5, 2014 at Capital Caring Hospice in Arlington, VA. He was stricken with complications from a bone marrow transplant.
Serge was born on January 23, 1938 to Vladimir Sergei Olive and Anna Kolomietz Olive in Leesburg, VA. He grew up with his parents and two sisters Elena and Carol in Middleburg, VA and Washington, DC. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High in Washington, DC. Sergi then graduated from West Point, USMA in 1961. He was assigned to various military posts in his long time military career. These included Viet Nam; Aschaffenburg, Germany; Heilbronn, Germany; Wurzburg, Germany; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and Ansbach, Germany. He was an Airborne Ranger with the Master Parachute Badge, Combat Infantry Badge, Expert Infantry Badge, Vietnam Ranger Badge, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Vietnam Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Silver Star, and a Meritorious Service Medal (2nd Oak Leaf Cluster).
Sister Patricia Novak, O.S.B. died on July 9, 2014 after a long illness.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Patricia Jean Clabaugh married John Melvin Novak and the couple had four children and a foster daughter. After her husband died, Pat was very active in her parish of St. Leo Catholic Church in Inwood, West Virginia and later discerned a vocation to religious life. She became a member of the Benedictine Sisters in Bristow, VA in 2009, making her perpetual profession a few weeks before her death.
Sylvia Douglas Miller, age 85 of Haymarket, VA died on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at her residence.
She was born on March 18, 1929, daughter of the late Goldie Rubin and Julius Douglas.
-Information from Pierce-Price Funeral Home in Manassas
Sylvester Richard “Rick” Terza, Jr. age 81 of Manassas Park, VA died on Wednesday, July 2, 2014.
He was born on November 28, 1932, son of the late Elizabeth Daugherty and Sylvester Richard Terza.
