Yvonne E. Frye, “Vonnie”, 69, of Dumfries, Virginia passed away on March 17, 2021 at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center.

Born in Barberton, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Glenn R. Frock and Naomi F. Frock.  Raised and educated in Akron, Ohio she was a graduate of Garfield High School, class of 1969.


Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth E. Crosby, Jr., USMC (Retired), was tragically taken from his current duty assignment on March 18, 2021.  He was 61 years old although he would have emphatically told you that most of those were dog years.  He leaves behind his lovely and vivacious wife Shari Crosby, daughter Lauren Nicole Koontz (Ryan Koontz), mother Joann Crosby, sister Kim Day (Don Scovill), brother and co-conspirator Joe Crosby, and the newest member of the clan, his pride and joy, grandson Ethan Crosby Koontz.  Ken was also especially fond of the family’s golden retriever Liberty, although he was extremely critical of her hunting skills.

Ken attended Bellevue Senior High School in Bellevue, Nebraska and while a modest student he was an exceptional athlete lettering in football and baseball and received many scholarship offers his senior year.  He attended the University of South Florida and played baseball for Hall of Famer Robin Roberts.  Ken graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences.  He would later receive a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Troy State University.


Rose Howell came into this life on September 13, 1943.  Rose was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to parents Otho and Elouise Bobbins who ensured she was baptized into the Catholic faith as an infant.

Rose was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the historical Greenwood district, best known for the 1921 race riot.  Rose graduated from Booker T. Washington High of Tulsa, and married Jonathan Howell shortly thereafter on January 9th, 1965. As a military wife, Rose traveled the world with her husband and daughter Cynthia Pleshette.


Mary Alice Hovey (nee Cochran), 65, of Woodbridge, VA, passed away March 12, 2021 after a sudden illness.

Mary was born February 12, 1956 at Patrick, AFB, Cocoa Beach, FL, to Alice and George W. Cochran, Jr.  She graduated from Friendly High School in Fort Washington, MD (‘74).  Mary met her husband, Karl, of 45 years while she attended the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA.  She later graduated with an Arts & Sciences degree, with honors, from Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg.


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