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.


Marcello Cordova Trejo, age 38 of Centreville, VA died suddenly on July 4, 2014. He was a firefighter for Prince William County.

He is survived by his wife Joy Trejo; a daughter Sophia Trejo; his mother Christine Smith; 2 sisters Jessica Smith and Michelle McDevitt and 1 brother Joaquin Trejo.


Ralph Henry Albers, 91, of Manassas, passed away July 1, 2014 surrounded by his loving family.

Born November 14, 1922 in Kentucky, he was the son of Oswald and Marie Feldman Albers. On November 21, 1947, he married the former Birdie D. Cundiff, who preceded him in death.


Jane Ann Myers, 67, of Mineral, formerly of Woodbridge, VA, died at her home on Sunday July 6, 2014.

Survivors include her father, James R. Scott Sr. of Woodbridge; one son, Dru “Scott” Joslin & his wife, Pam, of Mineral. Her brother, James R. Scott, Jr, and his wife, Karen, of Mason Neck. Two grandchildren, Kyle & Lindsay Joslin. One niece, Heather King. and one nephew, Casey Scott.


Davies worked full time for CACI up until April. She was also a second mother to many, both to people and dogs alike. A memorial gathering will be held at the Wooodbridge Mountcastle funeral home on Occoquan Road on Saturday July 12th from 6-8 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or the Have A Heart Fund through the Dale City Animal Hospital.

-Information from Mountcastle-Turch Funeral Home


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