Obituaries

SFC Thomas A. Rhubottom, U.S. Army (Ret.) Thomas Alvin Rhubottom passed away at the age of 82 as a result of complications from Parkinson’s disease on October 8, 2015.

At the end of his life he was surrounded by his loving family.

Mary Francies Price, 56 of Nokesville,Va passed away on October 3, 2015 at Fauquier Hospital. She was born on April, 25 1959 in Alexandria Va. She is survived by her husband, son and grandchildren. – Services will be held Friday October 16, 2015 at Victory Baptist Church, Aden Rd., Nokesville, Va., at 10 am.

John Frederick Shea, 84, of Woodbridge, Virginia, passed away at his home, Monday, September 14th, 2015.

A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, October 3rd at Miller Funeral Home and Crematory, 3200 Golansky Boulevard, Woodbridge, Virginia 22192. Father Edwin Perez of St Elizabeth Ann Seton will officiate.

Mildred Lori (Anderson) Thompson 

Lori Thompson, 61, died suddenly September 26, 2015 at her home in Bristow, Va. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday 10 a.m. at Pierce’s Funeral Home in Manassas, Va., Pastor Craig Burns officiating. The family will receive visitors starting at 9 a.m.

Joan Iona (Risser) Ritts, 86, of Woodbridge, Virginia passed away Wednesday, September 16th at Westminster of Lake Ridge of congestive heart failure.

Joan was born on July 15th 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts to Fredrick Samuel Risser and Myrtle Angeline (Elderkin) Risser. Joan grew up in the Boston area with brother, James, and graduated from Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing.

Jacoba (Coe) Adriana Payne of Manassas, Virginia passed away on September 4, 2015. She was born in Homoet, Holland on February 1, 1922 and immigrated with her family to the US in early 1923. The Family settled in Minnesota and stayed there until the early 1930’s when they moved back to Holland. In October of 1938 they left Holland for the United States and settled in Virginia. She worked for Safeway for 30+ years before she retired in the late 1980’s. She remained active with her catering and was well known in the community for her generosity and business of wedding receptions and other types gatherings well into the late 1990’s. She was married to Thurston Royston Payne. She was the proud mother of four sons Harlen (Pete) Edward Veenendaal , Gerrit Thurston Payne, James Carroll Payne and Richard Lee Payne. She was a proud and lifelong member of the Rebekah Assembly of Virginia and the Women of the Moose lodge 1392.

She was preceded in death by her husband Thurston and two of her sons, Gerrit and James. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Gerrit Johannes and Johanna Jacoba Slothouber, her sister Hendrika Gezina (Slothouber) Hawkins, brother Derk Slothouber and sister Gerda Johanna (Slothouber) Fletcher, and two nephews, sons of sister Hendrika and husband Irving Hawkins, Raymond and Robbie Hawkins. She was the proud grandmother of beloved grandsons Christopher Payne, son of Richard and Sharon Payne of Flint Hill, VA and Gerrit Payne, son of James Payne and Kelly McDermott and the great-grandmother of Amelia Payne, daughter of Gerritt and Geneva Payne of Culpepper, VA. She was the proud Aunt of beloved nephews Richard Hawkins of Frederick, MD and Thomas Hawkins of Nokesville, whom were sons of sister Hendrika and husband Irving Hawkins and beloved nephews Roy Glenn, William Gerritt and Steven Allen Fletcher of Manassas whom were sons of sister Gerda and husband Joseph Henry Fletcher. She was the beloved Great Aunt to nephew Joseph Allen Fletcher, son of Steven and Vivian Fletcher of Manassas. She will be forever and greatly missed by many in our community.

Alice Mae Hensley Clegg of Haymarket, Va passed away Friday, August 28th at Haymarket hospital. She was born September 23rd 1939 to the late Nathan and Irene Hensley of Haymarket, Va. She leaves to cherish her memory, her son Vance Clegg and his wife, Tanya, grandson Conrad, brother Harry Hensely from Haymarket, Va., sisters Christine […]

Vanessa Darden Boone, 61, passed away on Monday afternoon, August 10, 2015, at her home in Leesburg, VA with family and friends at her bedside. Vanessa was born on October 11, 1953 in Newport News, VA to the late Kelly M. Darden, Sr. and Nessa Faltz Darden.

Vanessa retired at the rank of Major from the U.S. Air Force in 1995 after 20 years of honorable service. After retiring from the Air Force, Vanessa was employed as a Systems and Project Engineer for Lockheed Martin Corp thru 2010, and the SI Organization from 2010 thru 2013. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics in 1975 from the University of Virginia (UVA), in Charlottesville, VA; a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems from Strayer University in 1997; and two Master of Arts Degrees from Webster University in Management and Public Administration (1981) and in Computer Resources and Information Management (1995 – Distinguished Graduate). Vanessa graduated from George Washington Carver High School in Newport News, VA as Valedictorian of her class in 1971.

Olga Mary Halushack Hatchel, originally from Shenandoah, PA, and formerly of Woodbridge, VA, passed away peacefully at age 88 on August 11, 2015.

She is survived by her sons Jospeh and Edward, Joseph’s wife Beth, and their children and children’s spouses; Ashley and her husband Ryan, Rebecca and her husband David, Rory and his wife Rebecah, Nicholas, and her great grandson Judah. She is also survived by her sister Christine and her husband Norman.