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Silvia Fay Lee

Silvia Fay Lee

Jul 18, 2012

Silvia Fay (Paugh) Lee, wife of Richard Lee of Staunton, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2012 in Envoy of Staunton. Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory will announce complete arrangements.

Samuel Rheaford Thomas

Samuel Rheaford Thomas

Jul 17, 2012

Samuel Rheaford Thomas, 62, of 128 DuPont Circle passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory will announce complete arrangements.

John Edward Puffenberger

John Edward Puffenberger

Jul 8, 2012

STAUNTON: John Edward Puffenberger, 59, husband of Peggy A. Puffenberger of 407 Rainbow Drive passed away July 8, 2012 at his residence after a courageous four year battle with cholangiocarcinoma with his wife and loving family by his side. Mr. Puffenberger was born in Staunton on April 25, 1953, a son of the late Forrest Maxwell Puffenberger, Sr. and Phyllis...

Ernest 'Ernie' Clarence Anthony

Ernest 'Ernie' Clarence Anthony

Jul 3, 2012

Ernest Clarence Ernie Anthony, 80, husband of Avis L. (Powers) Anthony of 1100 Maple Street passed away July 3, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Anthony was born in Augusta County on January 14, 1932, a son of the late Walter Lee and Georgia (Thomas) Anthony. Mr. Anthony was an active member of Memorial Baptist Church, where he served as deacon...

Justice Clifton Fretwell, Jr

Justice Clifton Fretwell, Jr

Jul 3, 2012

Justice C. Fretwell, Jr. STAUNTON: Justice Clifton Cliff Fretwell, Jr., 74, husband of Erma (Wigfield) Fretwell of 229 Taylor Street, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2012, in Augusta Health in Fishersville, VA. Mr. Fretwell was born in Waynesboro, VA., on March 23, 1938; he was the only son of the late Justice Clifton Fretwell, Sr. and Dora Mae (Phillips) Luce....

Henry Martin Jarvis

Henry Martin Jarvis

Jun 30, 2012

Henry Martin Jarvis, 60, of 3151 Middlebrook Road passed away June 30, 2012 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. Mr. Jarvis was born in Augusta County on April 17, 1952, a son of the late George Martin and Pauline (Howdyshell) Jarvis. Mr. Jarvis was a member of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church and was a retired machinist from RexNord. In addition to...

Dorothy Cora Brooks

Dorothy Cora Brooks

Jun 29, 2012

Dorothy Cora Brooks, 75, of 287 Mill Creek Lane passed away, Friday, June 29, 2012 in Avante in Waynesboro. Ms. Brooks was born in Augusta County on May 1, 1937, a daughter of the late James Robert and Christine (Goines) Brooks. Ms. Brooks was a member of Beulah Baptist Church, a homemaker and wonderful Mother who provided for her family....

Lona Mae Bogan

Lona Mae Bogan

Jun 27, 2012

Lona W. Bogan STAUNTON: Mrs. Lona Mae (Wimer) Bogan, 82, widow of Sammy Herman Bogan of 1842 Springhill Road passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. Mrs. Bogan was born in Rockingham County on June 23, 1930, a daughter of the late Alfred Oran and Lillie (Lambert) Wimer. Mrs. Bogan was a member of the Third...

Patricia Hopkins Hillery

Patricia Hopkins Hillery

Jun 26, 2012

Patricia H. Hillery STAUNTON: Our mother, Patricia Hopkins Stempkowski Hillery passed from this life on June 26th 2012 in Staunton, Virginia, her home for the last 11 years. Born on March 3, 1925, in Aylburton, Gloucestershire, England, to Elizabeth (Weaver) and Charles Hopkins, she had a lifelong love of learning. The 1930s in England were hard times, but her father...

Sammy Herman Bogan

Sammy Herman Bogan

Jun 25, 2012

Sammy H. Bogan STAUNTON: Sammy Herman Bogan, 85, husband of Lona Mae (Wimer) Bogan (now deceased) of 1842 Springhill Road passed away Monday, June 25, 2012 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. Mr. Bogan was born July 20, 1926 in Hot Springs, a son of the late Harry Herman Bogan and Chloe (Grogg) Bogan Snyder. Mr. Bogan was a member of...

Barbara Lee Campbell

Barbara Lee Campbell

Jun 23, 2012

Barbara Lee (Roadcap) Campbell, 71, of Staunton, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012, in Envoy of Staunton. Mrs. Campbell was born January 27, 1941, in Staunton, a daughter of the late Clarence and Ethel (Eustler) Roadcap. She had been employed at Western State Hospital as an aid, Barbara enjoyed shopping, cooking and the outdoors. In addition to her parents, Mrs....

Karen Lee Gorton

Karen Lee Gorton

Jun 19, 2012

Karen L. Gorton VERONA: Karen Lee (Pecor) Gorton, 58, widow of Keith Robert Gorton of 58 Rolla Mill Road passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Gorton was born in Burlington, VT on April 3, 1954, a daughter of the late Donald and Wilma Ann (Hall) Pecor. Mrs. Gorton was of the Methodist Faith and a homemaker....

O'Neil Simmons

O'Neil Simmons

Jun 18, 2012

ONeil (Spradlin) Simmons, wife of Elwood Lee Simmons of 24 Lilly Drive, Fishersville passed away, Monday, June 18, 2012 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. Mrs. Simmons was born in Waynesboro, a daughter of the late Luther David and Ethel (Thacker) Spradlin. Mrs. Simmons was a member of Basic United Methodist Church in Waynesboro and was retired as secretary with the...

Helen Laverne (Garber) Smiley

Helen Laverne (Garber) Smiley

Jun 16, 2012

Helen G. Smiley VERONA Helen LaVerne (Garber) Smiley, 90, wife of James Dorsey Smiley of 35 Maple Drive, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2012 in Envoy of Staunton. Mrs. Smiley was born on July 16, 1921 in Mt. Sidney, Virginia, a daughter of the late Dewey McKinley and Ethel (Johnson) Garber. Helen was an active member of Augusta Stone Presbyterian...

Steve Ray Reed

Steve Ray Reed

Jun 15, 2012

Stephen Steve Ray Allen Jesse Reed, 57, husband of Debbi G. Reed of 274 Farmington Drive went to be with his Lord and Savior, on Friday, June 15, 2012. Mr. Reed was born in Staunton, on December 8, 1954 a son of the late Jesse and Eulalia (Rife) Reed. He attended New Life Four Square Gospel Church, in Staunton. He...

Kenneth Anthony Dzuba

Kenneth Anthony Dzuba

Jun 13, 2012

Kenneth A. Dzuba STAUNTON: Kenneth Anthony Dzuba, 65, husband of Virginia C. Dzuba of 172 Straith Street passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Dzuba was born January 30, 1947 in New York City, a son of the late Anthony and Gloria (Smith) Dzuba. Mr. Dzuba retired in 2001 from the Cold Springs Correctional Center as a...

Dorothy Myrtle Snyder

Dorothy Myrtle Snyder

Jun 13, 2012

Dorothy Myrtle (Ramsey) Snyder, 87, widow of John Henry Snyder, Jr. of Stuarts Draft passed away, Wednesday, June 13, 2012 in Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville. Mrs. Snyder was born in Augusta County near Vesuvius on March 7, 1925, a daughter of the late Willie Lee and Alice Myrtle (Houser) Ramsey. Mrs. Snyder was a 1943 graduate of...

Earl Marcellus Fretwell

Earl Marcellus Fretwell

Jun 12, 2012

Earl Marcellos Fretwell, 74, of 512 Houston Street passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in Envoy of Staunton. Mr. Fretwell was born in Augusta County on March 15, 1938, a son of the late Marcellos and Nellie (Monroe) Fretwell, Earl was previously employed as a laborer with Fitzgerald Lumber Company. Survivors are three sisters, Hazel Fretwell, Catherine Fretwell and Emma...

Ruth Neal Lancaster - Burgess

Ruth Neal Lancaster - Burgess

Jun 11, 2012

Ruth Neal Lancaster-Burgess STAUNTON: Ruth Neal (Sanders) Lancaster-Burgess, 77, of Staunton died Monday, June 11, 2012 at her residence. She was born July 4, 1934 in Gaffney, South Carolina. Mom, knowing her heavenly home awaited, wrote her own obituary: I was privileged to be the last born child of John Thomas (Tom) and Mary Ellen Sanders. They are no longer...

Frances May Quick

Frances May Quick

Jun 11, 2012

Frances R. Quick STAUNTON: Frances May (Root) Quick, 84, widow of Earl F. Quick formerly of 21 Woodlee Road passed away Monday, June 11, 2012 at the residence of her adopted daughter with whom she was making her home. Mrs. Quick was born in Staunton on December 23, 1927, a daughter of the late Kyle Houston and Gladys Linwood (Daggy)...

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