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Graziella “Piera” Young was born in Milano, Italy on September 7, 1935 to Luigi (Gino) Bocchialini and Piera Pedercini Bocchialini. When her mother died just days after giving birth, Gino was left to care for an infant alone.  His family quickly stepped in and took baby Graziella to live with them on the outskirts of Milan so Gino could continue to work. They began calling her Piera in honor of her mother. She remained with them for nearly two years until Gino married Rosa Elisabetta...

Mary Virginia Findley of Falls Church, VA, passed away early on July 23, 2023, surrounded by her adoring family. Virginia was born in Springfield, MO on September 10, 1927, the eldest child of Lester and Amanda Holt of Buffalo, MO. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of over 50 years, Cecil Rowe Findley, an editor at National Geographic Magazine, and by her brother Lawrence and sister Evelyn. She is survived by her sons David (Marlene), Stephen (Pamela), and John (Susan),...

Following a long and eventful life, Brigitta Czernik Gruenther of Falls Church, Virginia, passed away on November 11, 2022. Brigitta was born on February 4, 1927, in Erfurt, Germany. She was educated at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, where she was awarded a full scholarship and graduated with the Concert Diploma. She began playing the cello when she was 9 years old, and at 15, she was the youngest cellist in the Mozarteum Orchestra. As a member of the Mozarteum Orchestra, she performed...

Carola A. Czernik, passed away on March 24, 2020. She was a gifted musician, pianist, organist and graduate of the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. She received a teaching degree from her hometown of Erfurt, Germany. She took piano and organ lessons at the Erfurt cathedral from the organist Heinrich Stockhorst and later was the acting organist and choir director for the Erfurt Cathedral. After she emigrated in 1955 through Ellis Island to the U.S. to join her youngest sister and family, she...

Donald Ivory Conley passed away peacefully on Thursday Sept 14 2023. Don was born Aug 4, 1928 in Prestonsburg KY.  He was in the Navy for 30 years.  He served as Chief Medical Corpsman in Vietnam and with the Marines in several deployments in the Mediterranean. Mr. Conley lived in Chantilly VA from the mid 1950s until 2017 when he moved to the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington DC. (Formally the Old Soldiers Home.)  He is preceded in death by his loving wife Lois...

Ruth was the eldest of seven children born and raised in Maury County, Tennessee.  After WWII she came to Washington, DC to work for the Department of the Navy.  She met her husband Lynwood Daniel Tart through mutual acquaintances and married in 1951.  Together they ran Tart Lumber Company in Northern Virginia.  They were married 57 years before her husband passed in 2008. She would have celebrated her 100th birthday this October.  Ruth was a proud member...

Virginia McGinnis Albert, 73, passed away peacefully at her home in Arlington, VA on August 27, 2023. Gini was born to Ernest and Shirley McGinnis on April 4, 1950 in Defiance, Ohio. She attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio for three years and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Pacific Lutheran University in Washington State. She married John Graham Albert on October 17, 1974, in San Francisco, CA, becoming a reluctant but supportive Air Force spouse. During their almost...

Major John Joseph Anderson, USAF (ret.), passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 31, 2023, in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. He was the son of the late John Marcus and Sabra Carnley Anderson, and step-son of the late Lillian Carroll Anderson.  As the son of a military father, he was born in Panama and grew up in Hawaii, New Mexico, and other locations in the US.  John went to the US Naval Academy and upon graduating in 1955, began his career in the Air Force.  He served faithfully...

David Anthony Simpson, 67, died from cancer on Friday, August 18, 2023, at his home in Occoquan, Va. Booty (to family and old friends) was raised in rural Burke, attended church (and mowed the lawn) at St Mary’s Historic Church where he later married his soulmate, Terre, in 1990. He graduated from Robinson Secondary School in 1974.  David was a driven entrepreneur, founding Simpson Heating and Cooling and then Tin Man Sheet Metal, which continues to operate in Manassas. He...

Jaime Borda was born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on December 23, 1931.  A retired lawyer who moved and lived in Virginia since 1983.  Jaime passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, surrounded by his family in Springfield, Virginia.  He was a parishioner of St. Philip Catholic Church and dedicated his life to do God's will. Jaime cared deeply for both his family and friends. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Mery E. Carrazana de Borda. He is...